History of the United States I / Unit 15 USH1 2123 short lesson, about 20 seconds
McClellan
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The idea
General George B. McClellan commanded the Army of the Potomac and was reluctant to engage, wrongly believing Confederate forces too strong for him.
In practice
A general popular with his soldiers and unpopular with Lincoln and Congress.
Where people slip
The Union enlisted one million men for three-year service, and in January eighteen sixty-two Lincoln and Secretary Edwin Stanton ordered him to take Richmond.
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