“MEANWHILE, BACK EAST…”
In which we start to set the stage for McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign.
Our book ecommendation for this episode is “Lincoln and His Generals” by T. Harry Williams.
McCLELLAN TAKES CHARGE
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| George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885) |
In which we discuss George McClellan’s arrival in Washington in July of 1861, and his taking command of the defeated & demoralized force that would become the Union’s famed Army of the Potomac.
Our book recommendation for this episode is George B. McClellan: The Young Napoleon by Stephen W. Sears.
“A dozen years after the Civil War, General Ulysses S. Grant said that ‘McClellan is to me one of the mysteries of the war.’ Historian Stephen Sears has finally unraveled most of that mystery. He has probed the puzzling personality of this complex, brilliant man of whom so much was expected but who delivered so little. A fascinating story of the reasons for the Union military failure in Virginia during the first half of the war.” ~ James M. McPherson
Listen to Episode 72: McclellanTakesCharge
RICH MOUNTAIN
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| George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885) |
In which we start off with a short bio of George McClellan, and then get to the continuation of the action in northwest Virginia with the Battle of Rich Mountain (July 11, 1863).
Our book recommendation for this episode is actually two magazine back issues:
* Volume 7 #7 (November 2004) of North & South magazine has an article by Albert Castel titled “West Virginia 1861: A Tale of a Goose, a Dog, and a Fox.”
* Volume 10 #6 (August 1993) of Blue & Gray magazine is mostly devoted to the fighting in western Virginia in 1861.
Listen to Episode 44: RichMountain