McClellan - Report on Organization & Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac

Description: Report on the Organization and Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac; to Which is Added an Account of the Campaign in Western Virginia, with Plans of Battle-Fields.Major-General George B. McClellan Sheldon & Co. (NY, 1864) Rebound library buckram463 pp with sales catalog included. 5"x7" Condition Notes: Ex-library (non-circulating), Rebound in worn and scuffed library buckram. Library markings to spine, front and rear cover sheets; pencil markings to title page. Heavy foxing to most pages, concentrated in the margins but also extending into text. Photos are representative. Paper age-browned. Page edges softened. Binding firm. Missing foldout map. Remarks: George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826 – October 29, 1885) was an American military officer, politician, engineer, businessman and writer who served as the 24th governor of New Jersey. A West Point graduate, McClellan served with distinction during the Mexican–American War before leaving the United States Army to serve as a railway executive and engineer until the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861. Early in the conflict, McClellan was appointed to the rank of major general and played an important role in raising the Army of the Potomac, which served in the Eastern Theater; he also served as Commanding General of the United States Army from November 1861 to March 1862. This report was partially designed to salvage McClellan's reputation as a commanding general. "Because McClellan failed to pursue Lee aggressively after Antietam, Lincoln ordered that he be removed from command on November 5, 1862. McClellan wrote to his wife, "Those in whose judgment I rely tell me that I fought the battle splendidly and that it was a masterpiece of art.... I feel I have done all that can be asked in twice saving the country. ... I feel some little pride in having, with a beaten & demoralized army, defeated Lee so utterly.... Well, one of these days history will I trust do me justice."" [Wikipedia]

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