George McClellan served briefly as the general-in ... At the outbreak of the Civil War, McClellan was sought by several northern states to lead their militia. An opponent of federal interference ...

McClellan and his unwillingness to move his troops, and had started making moves towards the passage of the 13th Amendment ...

One New Jersey war veteran whose legacy remains intact after more than a century was Major General George Washington Goethals ...

Award winning author George ... in the war, but fell apart in subsequent failures and ultimately led to the general’s removal. Rather’s focus is not on events on the battlefield, but rather on seeking ...

Yet the man who Lincoln put in charge, George McClellan ... Yet conventional Civil War historiography, while finding fault with McClellan, often gives Lincoln a pass. It is true that Lincoln ...

Ambrose Burnside's roller-coaster military career included early Civil War successes ... succeeding his friend George McClellan. He grew up in Indiana and attended West Point.

Abraham Lincoln, born poor and largely self-educated, served one term in Congress and had minimal military service during the Black Hawk War (he quipped that his ... after many pages detailing Union ...

deserves to be read alongside Sears and McPherson by all students of the Civil War. Not surprisingly, Mr. Budiansky spares ...