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Category Archives: George McClellan
March 20, 1863: Send Little Mac to Vicksburg!
The Richmond Daily Dispatch reprints selected items from the northern press all the time. Usually the intent is fairly obvious; this one puzzles me a little. According to the New York World, Grant’s screwing up the Vicksburg campaign, and McClellan … Continue reading
Posted in George McClellan, Mississippi, Ulysses S. Grant, Vicksburg
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March 9, 1862: Grant tries to quit
Henry Halleck As noted previously, Halleck had little use for Grant. Grant’s recent success at Fort Donelson seems to have just irritated Halleck further. On March 4, Halleck actually removed Grant from command temporarily. Grant’s reports of his troop strength … Continue reading
Posted in George McClellan, Henry Halleck, Ulysses S. Grant
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January 30, 1862: Halleck orders Grant to take Fort Henry
While it might seem more obvious that the Union would want to take control of the Mississippi — and of course they did — the Tennessee and Cumberland had strategic priority. First, they both flow northward rather than southward. This … Continue reading
Posted in George McClellan, Henry Halleck, Tennessee, Ulysses S. Grant
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January 10, 1861: Still working on Grant’s feint
Halleck ordered Grant to make a feint southward into Kentucky from Paducah, but he wasn’t prepared to send any troops from Missouri except a couple of unarmed regiments. Turns out even those were delayed. The 10th of January saw another … Continue reading
January 9, 1861: Grant organizes a feint
McClellan, Lincoln, and Buell all called on Halleck to attack the Confederates in western Kentucky to keep them from sending troops against Buell in the center of the state. After considerable resistance, Gen. Halleck, unwilling to send a real force … Continue reading
January 9, 1862: Halleck: I’m doing something!
Halleck After over a week of fevered communication among the President, Gen. McClellan, Gen. Buell, and Gen. Halleck, Halleck reports to McClellan that he is taking action. Much of the dispatch is justification for his failure to send a strong … Continue reading
January 6, 1862: McClellan tells Buell to go to east Tennessee
For the past week or so, Lincoln has been trying to get his generals in the west to coordinate their movements in a design ultimately to move on east Tennessee, where unionist partisans are fighting a guerrilla war. The Civil … Continue reading
January 4, 1862: Good time to strike Columbus
Zollicoffer As we’ve seen, for the past few days Lincoln, Buell, and McClellan had been urging Halleck to move against Columbus, Kentucky. Here a dispatch from an officer on the ground urges the same — the river is up, Zollicoffer … Continue reading
January 3, 1862: Buell and McClellan urge Halleck to move
George McClellan In the continuing story of Lincoln’s efforts to get Halleck to pin down the Confederate forces at Columbus, both McClellan and Buell chime in. The Union strategy in the west at this time was focused on striking eastward … Continue reading
Posted in Don Carlos Buell, George McClellan, Henry Halleck, Kentucky
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September 17, 1861: Rainbow arrested for treason
The Richmond Daily Dispatch goes off the deep end over McClellan’s order standardizing uniforms. I think the editor fancied himself sort of an 1861 John Stewart. War upon colors. –The Administration of Lincoln appears to be determined that there shall … Continue reading
Posted in Abraham Lincoln, George McClellan
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