George McClellan

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Union Army general civil engineer human military officer politician

George McClellan was a Union general during the American Civil War who organized the Army of the Potomac and later ran unsuccessfully for U.S. president against Abraham Lincoln in 1864.

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George B. McClellan 59
Union General George B. McClellan 3
George Brinton McClellan 2

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instanceOf Union Army general ⓘ
civil engineer ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
almaMater United States Military Academy ⓘ
authored McClellan’s Own Story ⓘ
birthDate 1826-12-03 ⓘ
birthPlace Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
burialPlace Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
candidateIn 1864 United States presidential election ⓘ
child George B. McClellan Jr. ⓘ
commanded Army of the Potomac ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1885-10-29 ⓘ
deathPlace Orange, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
educatedAt United States Military Academy ⓘ
electionOutcome lost 1864 U.S. presidential election ⓘ
endTime 1862-03-11 ⓘ
endTime (Governor of New Jersey) 1881 ⓘ
familyName George McClellan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: McClellan
fieldOfWork civil engineering ⓘ
military strategy ⓘ
fullName George McClellan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: George Brinton McClellan
givenName George ⓘ
graduationYear 1846 ⓘ
militaryRank major general ⓘ
nickname Little Mac ⓘ
Young Napoleon ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Antietam ⓘ
Peninsula Campaign ⓘ
Seven Days Battles ⓘ
notableWork organization of the Army of the Potomac ⓘ
opponent Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
politicalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of New Jersey ⓘ
general-in-chief of the Union armies ⓘ
predecessor (general-in-chief) Winfield Scott ⓘ
religion Episcopalian ⓘ
removedFromCommandBy Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
servedIn Union Army ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
serviceYears 1846–1857 ⓘ
1861–1864 ⓘ
spouse Mary Ellen Marcy ⓘ
startTime 1861-11-01 ⓘ
startTime (Governor of New Jersey) 1878 ⓘ
successor (general-in-chief) Henry W. Halleck ⓘ

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Battle of Antietam → commander → George McClellan ⓘ
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1864 United States presidential election → mainOpponent → George McClellan ⓘ
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McClellan’s Own Story → author → George McClellan ⓘ
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Battle of Fair Oaks → commander → George McClellan ⓘ
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Eastern Theater of the American Civil War → primaryUnionCommander → George McClellan ⓘ
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Maryland Campaign → commander → George McClellan ⓘ
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Mary Ellen Marcy → notableFamilyMember → George McClellan ⓘ
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Battle of South Mountain → commander → George McClellan ⓘ
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Battle of Shepherdstown → commander → George McClellan ⓘ
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Battle of Garnett’s and Golding’s Farm → commander → George McClellan ⓘ
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Battle of Glendale → commander → George McClellan ⓘ
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Seven Days’ Campaign → commander → George McClellan ⓘ
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Battle of Oak Grove → commander → George McClellan ⓘ
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Battle of Beaver Dam Creek → commander → George McClellan ⓘ
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Battle of Mechanicsville → commander → George McClellan ⓘ
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