Abraham Lincoln against George McClellan. Because of an Ohio law allowing absentee soldier voting, 194 soldiers among the Army of the James were able to cast their ballots right on the Fort ...

Award winning author George Rable concentrates on the relationship between ... but rather on seeking an explanation as to why during 1862 McClellan failed to capture Richmond and later failed to ...

George McClellan served briefly as the general-in-chief of the Union army. Though popular with his soldiers. differences with his superiors and poor battlefield performance led to McClellan's ...

The authors do an excellent job presenting new original research on the "Lost Orders," offering disagreements with earlier historians, while clarifying some obscure questions – such as the correct ...

Episode Two begins with the political infighting that threatened to swamp Lincoln's administration and then follows Union General George McClellan's ill-fated campaign on the Virginia Peninsula ...

But those generals were fired due to specific problems -- Douglas MacArthur for overstepping his authority and defying orders, George McClellan for insufficient aggression on the battlefield and ...

succeeding his friend George McClellan. He grew up in Indiana and attended West Point. By the time he'd graduated in 1847, Burnside had adopted his trademark muttonchop whiskers—a style from ...

Local historian and Chronicle columnist Julie McDonald Zander's debut novel, "The Reluctant Pioneer," was named a finalist in the historical novel category of Western Writers of America's 2025 Spur ...

Lee defend Richmond against George B. McClellan in 1862. The veteran of a dozen battles was killed at Petersburg, just before the war's end. Born on his family's estate west of Culpeper ...