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The Troubled Partnership between a President and His General
Palgrave Macmillan
May 2010
On Sale: May 11, 2010
272 pages
ISBN: 0230613497
EAN: 9780230613492
Hardcover
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There was no more remarkable pair in the Civil War than
Abraham Lincoln and George McClellan. At only 35 years old,
McClellan commanded the Ohio troops early in the war, and
won skirmishes for the Union in western Virginia. After the
disastrous Union defeat at Bull Run in the summer of 1861,
Lincoln sent word for McClellan to come to Washington, and
soon elevated him to commander-in-chief of the Union army.
But in the late summer and fall of 1861, things took a turn
for the worst. Meticulous in his planning and preparations,
McClellan began to delay attacking the enemy and developed
a penchant for vastly overestimating the Confederate forces
he faced. All of this hampered his ability to lead an
aggressive force in a fast-moving battlefield environment.
Finally losing his patience, Lincoln was famously quoted as
saying, “If General McClellan does not want to use the
army, I would like to borrow it for a time.” Lincoln and McClellan takes an in-depth look at this
fascinating relationship, from the early days of the Civil
War to the 1864 presidential election when McClellan ran
against Lincoln on an anti-war platform and lost. Here,
award-winning author John C. Waugh weaves a tale of hubris,
paranoia, failure, and triumph, illuminating as never
before this unique and complicated alliance.
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