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[[Image:Mcclellan.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Major General George B. McClellan, United States Army.]]
 
[[Image:Mcclellan.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Major General George B. McClellan, United States Army.]]
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'''George B. McClellan''' was a Union commander during the [[American Civil War]] and commanded the armies in 1862 especially.  He was cautious and criticized for being slow.  He was fired twice by President [[Abraham Lincoln]].   
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'''George B. McClellan''' was a Union commander during the [[American Civil War]] and commanded the armies in 1862 especially.  He was cautious and criticized for being slow.  He was fired twice by President [[Abraham Lincoln]].  Later, while the war was still occurring, McClellan ran on the [[Democratic]] platform against Lincoln in the [[United States presidential election, 1864|1864 Presidential election]].  He lost to Lincoln under a huge majority.   
    
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[[Category: American Civil War Commanders]]
 
[[Category: American Civil War Commanders]]

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