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George B. McClellan

The Young Napoleon

By: Stephen Sears

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Paperback | 1 January 2001 | Edition Number 1

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A biography of the Union Civil War general.. By age 35, General George B. McClellan (18261885), designated the "Young Napoleon," was the commander of all the Northern armies. He forged the Army of the Potomac into a formidable battlefield foe, and fought the longest and largest campaign of the time as well as the single bloodiest battle in the nation's history. Yet, he also wasted two supreme opportunities to bring the Civil War to a decisive conclusion. In 1864 he challenged Abraham Lincoln as the Democratic candidate for the presidency. Neither an indictment nor an apologia, this biography draws entirely on primary sources to create a splendidly incisive portrait of this charismatic, controversial general who, for the first eighteen months of the conflict, held the fate of the union in his unsteady hands.

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Introduction
The Making of a Soldier	p. 1
On Peacetime Service	p. 28
Life in a Civilian World	p. 50
The Call to War	p. 68
Building an Army	p. 95
General of All the Armies	p. 125
The Grand Campaign	p. 147
On the Peninsula	p. 168
The Battle for Richmond	p. 193
Impasse at Harrison's Landing	p. 223
General Without an Army	p. 248
Opportunity of a Lifetime	p. 270
The Battle of Antietam	p. 296
The Last Command	p. 318
The Political Arena	p. 344
Campaign for the Presidency	p. 371
The Old Soldier	p. 387
Epilogue: A Memoir for History	p. 403
Sources and Acknowledgments	p. 409
Notes	p. 411
Bibliography	p. 458
Index	p. 469
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