McClellan Takes Command
After Bull Run, George McClellan built a magnificent Union army. Then he did nothing with it.
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McClellan Takes Command
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After Bull Run, George McClellan built a magnificent Union army. Then he did nothing with it.
Five days after the disaster at Bull Run, 34-year-old George McClellan took command of the demoralized Union forces around Washington. He drilled 100,000 volunteers into the Army of the Potomac, and the press hailed him as the Young Napoleon. With Lincoln, he planned a war along a thousand-mile front. "I can do it all," McClellan said. But he did nothing. From Ken Burns's The Civil War.
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McClellan Takes Command
Clip: Episode 1 | 3m 27sVideo has Closed Captions
Five days after the disaster at Bull Run, 34-year-old George McClellan took command of the demoralized Union forces around Washington. He drilled 100,000 volunteers into the Army of the Potomac, and the press hailed him as the Young Napoleon. With Lincoln, he planned a war along a thousand-mile front. "I can do it all," McClellan said. But he did nothing. From Ken Burns's The Civil War.
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