http://cwemancipation.wordpress.com/2011/05/26/george-mcclellan-and-slavery/ remembering freedom for the slaves ... Tue, 14 May 2013 02:27:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://cwemancipation.wordpress.com/2011/05/26/george-mcclellan-and-slavery/#comment-1591 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:29:29 +0000 http://cwemancipation.wordpress.com/?p=1061#comment-1591 Major General George Brinton McClellan was a talented administrator and trainer of soldiers, but he clearly demonstrated that he was not a fighter. He had more than one opportunity to defeat the Confederacy tin 1862, and failed to do so due to his blind faith in faulty intelligence (He always thought he was out numbered when in reality, he always enjoyed numerical superiority over Lee’s forces), as well as his lack of aggressive qualities. He was also a rather arrogant individual who flouted the authority of his Commander in Chief Abraham Lincoln. Even when one of his troops found a copy of Lee’s battle plan prior to the Battle of Antietam, McClellan failed to commit all of his troops to battle (The Fifth Corps was held in reserve during the battle) and also failed to crush Lee’s Army. McClellan deserved to be relieved, and spent the rest of his life engaging in denial regarding his lackluster record as a field commander.

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