Mcclellan's Own Story, The War For The Union, The Soldiers Who Fought It, The Civilians Who Directed It, And His Relations To It And To Them Mcclellan, George B. Military,Military History

BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, xi, 678 pgs, frontis portrait, illustrations, 2 maps (1 double-page), portraits, index. Decorative green cloth with gilt design and title on cover, gilt should strap and title on spine. First Edition. CONDITION DESCRIPTTION: Covers lightly shelf soiled, else bright. Interior is clean and tight. With clear mylar wrapper. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: Fine memoirs of this important Union General, who for a time was Commander of all the Federal forces. A West Point graduate and Mexican War veteran, McClellan was a railway engineer before the Civil War. Appointed Major General, he was instrumental in the organization of the Army of the Potomac. Fired by Lincoln in November 1862, he was never given another command. REFERENCES DORN II #2225; NEVINS II pg 73: Defensive in tone, the volume covers only the period of McClellan s generalship. MULLINS / REED #56: This controversial Union general s memoirs are really an explanation of his wartime activities and decisions. McClellan s administrative and organizational ]skills are often overshadowed by his alleged shortcomings in the field and his involvement in party politics. It is seldom remembered that Grant used the weapon that McClellan forged to defeat Lee and win the war. EISNER #539 The value of this work is reduced to a historical reflection of his psychology in the early chapters, wherein he essentially accuses Lincoln and a number of administration officials of a conspiracy to sacrifice the Army of the Potomac.