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George Brinton McClellan

George Brinton McClellan
A brilliant strategist, organizer, and trainer of troops during the American Civil War (1861-1865), General George McClellan was praised as a “young Napoleon,” but his timidity on the battlefield caused President Abraham Lincoln to replace him as leader of the Union forces.
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McClellan, George Brinton; Civil War, American
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