“BOYS, McCLELLAN IS BACK IN COMMAND OF THE ARMY AGAIN!”

In which we look at what happened in the aftermath of the Second Battle of Manassas, including Abraham Lincoln’s decision to put George McClellan in command of the merged Union armies in northern Virginia.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Quartermaster: Montgomery C. Meigs- Lincoln’s General, Master Builder of the Union Army” by Robert O’Harrow Jr.

• Listen to Episode 180: McClellanBackInCommand