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Author Rafuse, Ethan Sepp, 1968-

Title McClellan's war [electronic resource] : the failure of moderation in the struggle for the Union / Ethan S. Rafuse.

Imprint Bloomington [Indiana] : Indiana University Press, c2005.

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Description xiv, 525 p. : ill., maps.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents "Traditions and associations ... were all on the side of the old Whig Party" -- "I can do as well as anyone in both my studies and my military duties" -- Political realignment -- "A strong Democrat of the Stephen A. Douglas school" -- To kill secession -- "A new and strange position" -- Supreme command -- "You have no idea of the pressure brought to bear here" -- "What do you think of the science of generalship?" -- The Peninsula campaign -- "I do not like the . . . turn that affairs are taking" -- "He has acted badly" -- "To meet the necessities of the moment" -- "The most terrible battle" -- "It is my duty to submit to the presdt's proclamation & quietly continue doing my duty" -- The last campaign.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885.
McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885 -- Military leadership.
United States. Army -- Biography.
Strategy -- History -- 19th century.
Command of troops -- History -- 19th century.
Generals -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0253345324 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780253006110
9780253006141 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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