Civil War Podcast, Episode 127

“THE BOTTOM IS OUT OF THE TUB”

George Bronton McClellan and his wife, Mary Ellen Marcy McClellan
George Brinton McClellan and his wife, Mary Ellen Marcy McClellan

In which we continue to lay out the background to McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign.

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Our book recommendation for this episode is “McClellan’s War: The Failure of Moderation in the Struggle for the Union” by Ethan S. Rafuse.