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Story. However, he died before it was half completed and hisliterary executor, William C.
Prime, editor of the pro-McClellan NewYork Journal of Commerce, included excerpts from
some 250 ofMcClellan's wartime letters to his wife, in which it had been hishabit to reveal his
innermost feelings and opinions in unbridledfashion.
"While McClellan's reputation has suffered over time, especially overthe last 75 years, there
is a small but intense cadre of AmericanCivil War historians who believe that the general has
been poorlyserved on at least four levels. First, McClellan proponents say thatbecause the
general was a conservative Democrat with great personalcharisma, radical Republicans
fearing his political potentialdeliberately undermined his field operations. Second, that as
theradical Republicans were the true winners coming out of the AmericanCivil War, they
were able to write its history, placing theirprincipal political rival of the time, McClellan, in the
worstpossible light. Third, that historians eager to jump on the bandwagonof Lincoln as
America's greatest political icon worked to outdo oneanother in shifting blame for early
military failures from Lincoln andSecretary of War Edwin M. Stanton to McClellan. And
fourth, thatLincoln and Stanton deliberately undermined McClellan because of
hisconciliatory stance towards the South, which would have resulted in aless destructive
end to the war had Richmond fallen as a result of thePeninsula Campaign. Proponents of
this school claim that McClellan iscriticized more for his admittedly abrasive personality than
for hisactual field performance.
"Several geographic features and establishments have been named forGeorge B.
McClellan. These include Fort McClellan in Alabama,McClellan Butte in the Mount Baker-
Snoqualmie National Forest, wherehe traveled while conducting the Pacific Railroad Survey
in 1853,McClellan Street in North Bend, Washington, McClellan Street in SouthPhiladelphia,
McClellan Elementary School in Chicago, and a bronzeequestrian statue honoring General
McClellan in Washington, D.C."
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_B._McClellan
Ellen Mary Marcy[48] was born in 1836[48]. She died in 1915 in Nice, France[48].
Notes for Ellen Mary Marcy:
General Notes:
Ellen died in Nice, France, while visiting May at "Villa Antietam."
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_B._McClellan
George Brinton McClellan and Ellen Mary Marcy were married on 22 May 1860 in Calvary
Church, New York City, New York[48].They had the following children:
i. George Brinton McClellan was born in 1865 in Dresden, Germany. He died in
1940.
Notes for George Brinton McClellan:
General Notes:
George Brinton McClellan, Jr. "was born in Dresden, Germany, duringthe
family's first trip to Europe. Known within the family as Max, hewas also a
politician, serving as a United States Representative fromNew York State and
as Mayor of New York City from 1904 to 1909. Hiswife Ellen died in Nice,
France, while visiting May at "VillaAntietam." Neither Max nor May gave the
McClellans any grandchildren.
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