McClellan's war : the failure of moderation in the struggle for the Union / / Ethan S. Rafuse.
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Year of Publication: | 2005 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | xiv, 525 p. :; ill., maps. |
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Table of Contents:
- "Traditions and associations ... were all on the side of the old Whig Party"
- "I can do as well as anyone in both my studies and my military duties"
- Political realignment
- "A strong Democrat of the Stephen A. Douglas school"
- To kill secession
- "A new and strange position"
- Supreme command
- "You have no idea of the pressure brought to bear here"
- "What do you think of the science of generalship?"
- The Peninsula campaign
- "I do not like the . . . turn that affairs are taking"
- "He has acted badly"
- "To meet the necessities of the moment"
- "The most terrible battle"
- "It is my duty to submit to the presdt's proclamation & quietly continue doing my duty"
- The last campaign.