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McClellan, George Brinton, (1826-1885)

McClellan's warthe failure of moderation in the struggle for the Union /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	McClellan's warEthan S. Rafuse.
Reminder of title:	the failure of moderation in the struggle for the Union /
Author:	Rafuse, Ethan Sepp,
Published:	Bloomington, Ind. :Indiana University Press,c2005
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 525 p.) :ill., maps.
Notes:	Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Subject:	GeneralsBiography.United States
Subject:	United States
Online resource:	Full text available:
ISBN:	9780253006141 (electronic bk.)

McClellan's warthe failure of moderation in the struggle for the Union /
Rafuse, Ethan Sepp,1968-

McClellan's warthe failure of moderation in the struggle for the Union /[electronic resource] :Ethan S. Rafuse. - Bloomington, Ind. :Indiana University Press,c2005 - 1 online resource (xiv, 525 p.) :ill., maps.

Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 489-508) and index.

"Traditions and associations ... were all on the side of the old Whig Party" -- "I can do as well as anyone in both my studies and my military duties" -- Political realignment -- "A strong Democrat of the Stephen A. Douglas school" -- To kill secession -- "A new and strange position" -- Supreme command -- "You have no idea of the pressure brought to bear here" -- "What do you think of the science of generalship?" -- ThePeninsula campaign -- "I do not like the ... turn that affairs are taking" -- "He has acted badly" -- "To meet the necessities of the moment"-- "The most terrible battle"-- "It is my duty to submit to the presdt's proclamation & quietly continue doing my duty" -- The last campaign.

This biography of the controversial Union general George B. McClellan examines the influencesand political antecedents that shaped his behavior on the battlefield, behavior that so frustrated Lincoln and others in Washington that he was removed from his command soon after the Union loss at Antietam. Rather than take sides in the controversy, Ethan S. Rafuse finds in McClellan's politics and his desire to restore sectional harmony ample explanation for his actions. Rafuse sheds new light on the general who believed in the rule of reason and moderation, who sought a policy of conciliation with the South, and who wanted to manage the North's military resources in a way that would imposerational order on the battlefield.

ISBN: 9780253006141 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Personal Names:

451307
McClellan, George Brinton,
1826-1885--Military leadership.Subjects--Corporate Names:

436770
United States.
Army--Biography.Subjects--Topical Terms:

479172
Generals
--United States--Biography.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

236377
United States
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: E467.1.M2 / R34 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 973.7/41/092

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