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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. Minor edgewear to DJ. ; B&W Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 482 pages; 21530
Title: George B. McClellan The Young Napoleon
Categories: US Civil War,
Edition: BOMC; 1st Printing
Publisher: NY, Ticknor & Fields: 1988
ISBN Number: 0899192645
ISBN Number 13: 9780899192642
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket
Seller ID: 21530
Keywords: AMERICA Americana MILITARY History,