the rise and fall of General George B. McClellan.
... context is that McClellan lived in one reality while the rest of the world lived in a separate reality. No matter how many times these two realities clashed, McClellan continued to live in his own reality. Thus, McClellan's distinct reality allowed him to make decisions that others living in true r ...
... context is that McClellan lived in one reality while the rest of the world lived in a separate reality. No matter how many times these two realities clashed, McClellan continued to live in his own reality. Thus, McClellan's distinct reality allowed him to make decisions that others living in true r ...
lincoln and mcclellan: a marriage of convenience turned sour
... would give him his first glimpse of Abraham Lincoln. II. THE FIRST DATE Between1857 and 1860, Lincoln and McClellan both worked for the Illinois Central Railroad, with McClellan as vice-president, and Lincoln as an attorney who represented the railroad “in a number of legal cases during McClellan’s ...
... would give him his first glimpse of Abraham Lincoln. II. THE FIRST DATE Between1857 and 1860, Lincoln and McClellan both worked for the Illinois Central Railroad, with McClellan as vice-president, and Lincoln as an attorney who represented the railroad “in a number of legal cases during McClellan’s ...
The Positive Contributions of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of
... Tap also wrote extensively on the JCCW’s investigations into Confederate war crimes. Both The Fort Pillow Massacre: North, South, and the Status of African Americans in the Civil War Era and “These Devils Are Not Fit To Live On God’s Earth: War Crimes and the Committee on the Conduct of the War, 186 ...
... Tap also wrote extensively on the JCCW’s investigations into Confederate war crimes. Both The Fort Pillow Massacre: North, South, and the Status of African Americans in the Civil War Era and “These Devils Are Not Fit To Live On God’s Earth: War Crimes and the Committee on the Conduct of the War, 186 ...
McClellan at Fairfax Court House
... McDowell, Fitz-John Porter, and William B. Franklin camped at Fairfax Court House. Approximately 36,000 men from Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, were crowded around the courthouse. While here, events elsewhere caused General McClellan to mee ...
... McDowell, Fitz-John Porter, and William B. Franklin camped at Fairfax Court House. Approximately 36,000 men from Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, were crowded around the courthouse. While here, events elsewhere caused General McClellan to mee ...
General George Brinton McClellan: The Cautious
... and Sharpsburg was not much a town, and the army that Lee planted behind the creek on September 15 was then not much of an army.” (Catton, 450) A few days earlier a Confederate officer had lost Lee’s entire battle movement plans. They were found, and on 13th September, 1862, given to McClellan. The ...
... and Sharpsburg was not much a town, and the army that Lee planted behind the creek on September 15 was then not much of an army.” (Catton, 450) A few days earlier a Confederate officer had lost Lee’s entire battle movement plans. They were found, and on 13th September, 1862, given to McClellan. The ...
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... and Sharpsburg was not much a town, and the army that Lee planted behind the creek on September 15 was then not much of an army.” (Catton, 450) A few days earlier a Confederate officer had lost Lee’s entire battle movement plans. They were found, and on 13th September, 1862, given to McClellan. The ...
... and Sharpsburg was not much a town, and the army that Lee planted behind the creek on September 15 was then not much of an army.” (Catton, 450) A few days earlier a Confederate officer had lost Lee’s entire battle movement plans. They were found, and on 13th September, 1862, given to McClellan. The ...
the underappreciated strategic genius of george b. mcclellan
... lack of joint collaboration so necessary to McClellan’s strategy. By any measure, the task set before McClellan was staggering. Lincoln and Stanton’s meddling made it all the more so. At 35 years of age, George Britain McClellan found himself commanding the largest American army ever assembled up to ...
... lack of joint collaboration so necessary to McClellan’s strategy. By any measure, the task set before McClellan was staggering. Lincoln and Stanton’s meddling made it all the more so. At 35 years of age, George Britain McClellan found himself commanding the largest American army ever assembled up to ...
George B. McClellan - Scarsdale Public Schools
... Commands the Union’s Army of the Potomac While McClellan was running Confederate forces out of western Virginia, the main Union Army was suffering an embarrassing defeat in July 1861 at the First Battle of Bull Run (also known as the First Battle of Manassas) in the eastern part of the state. Poorl ...
... Commands the Union’s Army of the Potomac While McClellan was running Confederate forces out of western Virginia, the main Union Army was suffering an embarrassing defeat in July 1861 at the First Battle of Bull Run (also known as the First Battle of Manassas) in the eastern part of the state. Poorl ...
Fort Fisher: Amphibious Victory in the American Civil War
... relationship between army and naval commanders. In the era before the existence of joint doctrine, nothing required greater attention than cooperation be9 tween service leaders. No one in the Civil War could do that better than Grant. Unfortunately, Grant’s subordinate commanders did not always prov ...
... relationship between army and naval commanders. In the era before the existence of joint doctrine, nothing required greater attention than cooperation be9 tween service leaders. No one in the Civil War could do that better than Grant. Unfortunately, Grant’s subordinate commanders did not always prov ...
Porter`s 1862 Campaign in Northeast Missouri
... of Colonel Joseph Porter, sometime in May 1862, ended that period of inactivity. That the Confederate Congress sanctioned guerrilla warfare as a legitimate form of war on April 21, 1862 aided Porter’s mission. This allowed the Confederate War Department to issue commissions to Southern officers to r ...
... of Colonel Joseph Porter, sometime in May 1862, ended that period of inactivity. That the Confederate Congress sanctioned guerrilla warfare as a legitimate form of war on April 21, 1862 aided Porter’s mission. This allowed the Confederate War Department to issue commissions to Southern officers to r ...
Jackson and Lee Strike Back (Ch. 15)
... • Called “old brains” Lincoln hoped that Halleck would plan new bold offensives but it failed • Halleck was no good • Halleck was put to work to translate civilian directives into military language for generals ...
... • Called “old brains” Lincoln hoped that Halleck would plan new bold offensives but it failed • Halleck was no good • Halleck was put to work to translate civilian directives into military language for generals ...
Printable Topo Hike Map
... three-quarters of a mile southwest of here. The of Manassas inflicted casualties amounting to north and possible European recognition of center of his line rested in this area. The focal almost one-third of the 7,000 men engaged. the Confederate government. point of Jackson’s position was the bed of ...
... three-quarters of a mile southwest of here. The of Manassas inflicted casualties amounting to north and possible European recognition of center of his line rested in this area. The focal almost one-third of the 7,000 men engaged. the Confederate government. point of Jackson’s position was the bed of ...
Lincoln & the Union Command & handout
... He did however move quickly and brilliantly surprising Lee with an aggressive move to Fredericksburg, VA He then stalled and waited for pontoon bridges instead of fording the river While foolishly waiting, Lee moved troops into the hills around Fredericksburg Burnside finally attacked Lee’s troo ...
... He did however move quickly and brilliantly surprising Lee with an aggressive move to Fredericksburg, VA He then stalled and waited for pontoon bridges instead of fording the river While foolishly waiting, Lee moved troops into the hills around Fredericksburg Burnside finally attacked Lee’s troo ...
Civil War Part I
... – 1st day: Union army pushed back to Tenn. River – 2nd day: Surprise counterattack by Union and Beauregard gave order to retreat ...
... – 1st day: Union army pushed back to Tenn. River – 2nd day: Surprise counterattack by Union and Beauregard gave order to retreat ...
Manassas, Manassas and Monocacy
... President Lincoln to command the newly formed Army of Virginia, was soundly beaten by Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. In order to draw Pope’s army into battle, Jackson ordered an attack on the Federal column that was passing across his front on the Warrenton Turnpike on August 28. Fi ...
... President Lincoln to command the newly formed Army of Virginia, was soundly beaten by Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. In order to draw Pope’s army into battle, Jackson ordered an attack on the Federal column that was passing across his front on the Warrenton Turnpike on August 28. Fi ...
first call - Civil War Round Table of Greater Boston
... journalist. The bulk of the book describes a series of river engagements in a repetitious and tedious fashion, such that each engagement resembles the other, until they blend with one another and become inseparable in the reader’s minds. The reader then becomes inured to their significance, other th ...
... journalist. The bulk of the book describes a series of river engagements in a repetitious and tedious fashion, such that each engagement resembles the other, until they blend with one another and become inseparable in the reader’s minds. The reader then becomes inured to their significance, other th ...
To Bull Run
... by Longstreet. The days struggle was bloody and both sides suffered heavy losses. On the 30th Pope attacked again. He had ordered Fitz John Porter to flank and attack Jackson, but for a variety of reasons Porter failed to do so. ...
... by Longstreet. The days struggle was bloody and both sides suffered heavy losses. On the 30th Pope attacked again. He had ordered Fitz John Porter to flank and attack Jackson, but for a variety of reasons Porter failed to do so. ...
Mr. Lincoln`s Admirals: Farragut and Porter
... States Navy was an important factor in the Union victory. Prior to the Civil War the highest rank that a naval officer could achieve was that of captain. This created problems of equivalency with Army ranks. A naval captain was the equivalent of an army colonel and in joint operations the naval offi ...
... States Navy was an important factor in the Union victory. Prior to the Civil War the highest rank that a naval officer could achieve was that of captain. This created problems of equivalency with Army ranks. A naval captain was the equivalent of an army colonel and in joint operations the naval offi ...
Research Paper The Seven Days Battles
... been said that had any other leader been in charge of the Federal army on the Peninsula Campaign, Richmond would have been taken, and the gambles of Lee would have been exploited. But as it was, with each assault by Lee, McClellan repeatedly fell back while still outnumbering the enemy, ultimately ...
... been said that had any other leader been in charge of the Federal army on the Peninsula Campaign, Richmond would have been taken, and the gambles of Lee would have been exploited. But as it was, with each assault by Lee, McClellan repeatedly fell back while still outnumbering the enemy, ultimately ...
Battle of Moore`s Mill - Kingdom of Callaway Civil War Heritage
... guerrillas under fearsome Capt. Alvin Cobb (with a piratelike hook for a hand). There was a considerable delay before Shaffer realized Guitar was engaged and brought his own men into the fight. The weight of numbers took their toll. After four hours of fighting, Porter’s soldiers fled into the brush ...
... guerrillas under fearsome Capt. Alvin Cobb (with a piratelike hook for a hand). There was a considerable delay before Shaffer realized Guitar was engaged and brought his own men into the fight. The weight of numbers took their toll. After four hours of fighting, Porter’s soldiers fled into the brush ...
The Battles of Bull Run
... First Battle of Bull Run On July 21, 1861 General McDowell ordered the divisions of Hunter and Heintzelman (from Centreville) to march southwest on the Warrenton Turnpike and then to turn northwest to Sudley Springs while Tyler's division marched directly towards Stone Bridge. Tyler’s army blocked ...
... First Battle of Bull Run On July 21, 1861 General McDowell ordered the divisions of Hunter and Heintzelman (from Centreville) to march southwest on the Warrenton Turnpike and then to turn northwest to Sudley Springs while Tyler's division marched directly towards Stone Bridge. Tyler’s army blocked ...
Court-martial of Fitz John Porter
The court-martial of Fitz John Porter (November 25, 1862 – January 22, 1863) was a major event of the American Civil War. Major General Fitz John Porter was found guilty of disobeying a lawful order, and misconduct in front of the enemy and removed from command based on internal political machinations of the Union. The court-martial was later found to be unjust and overturned, and Porter was reinstated in the United States Army.