Mcclellan and the Union High Command, 1861-1863: Leadership Gaps That Cost a Timely Victory - Softcover

Green, Jeffrey W.

 
9781476665733: Mcclellan and the Union High Command, 1861-1863: Leadership Gaps That Cost a Timely Victory
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1476665737 ISBN 13: 9781476665733
Publisher: McFarland, 2017

Synopsis

With Washington's proximity to the Confederate capital of Richmond, Union military operations in the first two years of the Civil War focused mainly on the Eastern Theater, where General McClellan commanded the Army of the Potomac.

McClellan's "On to Richmond" battle cry dominated strategic thinking in the high command. When he failed and was sacked by President Lincoln, a coterie of senior officers sought his return.

This re-examination of the high command and McClellan's war in the East provides a broader understanding of the Union's inability to achieve victory in the first two years, and takes the debate about the Union's leadership into new areas.

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About the Author

Jeffrey W. Green is a lecturer in history at the University of Newcastle, Australia. With three decades of teaching experience, he has coauthored two other books, one on the Second World War in the Pacific and the other on the conflict in Indochina.

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Publisher
McFarland
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1476665737
ISBN 13 
9781476665733
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
224