For over a century Civil War historians have claimed that George McClellan was a terrible Civil War general, and some have even claimed that he is the sole reason why the Union army did not win the war in the first two years.
However that is not the whole story. Beneath the claims of incompetence lies a deeper story, one that actually has Lincoln and his cabinet to blame. In todays In Defense of I defend General George McClellan.
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