George B. McClellan and Civil War history: in the shadow of Grant and Sherman
(2011)
Nonfiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Kent State University Press : Made available through hoopla, 2011
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781612771809 (electronic bk.) MWT11753578, 1612771807 (electronic bk.) 11753578
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Perhaps no other Union commander's reputation has been the subject of as much controversy as George B. McClellan's. Thomas J. Rowland presents a framework in which early Civil War command can be viewed without direct comparison to that of the final two years. Such comparisons, in his opinion, are both unfair and contextually inaccurate. Only by understanding how very different was the context and nature of the war facing McClellan, as opposed to Grant and Sherman, can one discard the traditional "good general-bad general" approach to command performance. In such a light, McClellan's career, both his shortcomings and accomplishments, can be viewed with clearer perspective
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