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George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826 – October 29, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 24th governor of New Jersey and as Commanding General of the United States Army from November 1861 to March 1862.
Riverview Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at 870 Centre Street in the city of Trenton, New Jersey in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.A number of notables are interred there, including Civil War Union Army Major General and New Jersey Governor George B. McClellan, whose grave is marked by the tallest monument in the cemetery.
President Lincoln at Antietam in October 1862 with eventual 1864 opponent Gen. George B. McClellan (second from left) The tallest president elected to office was Abraham Lincoln ( 6 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 4 in or 192.4 cm).
After the Civil War started, Haller commanded George B. McClellan's headquarters guard during the Peninsula Campaign and again in the Maryland Campaign.In May 1863, he returned to his native York to recover from illness contracted in the field.
Union troops stationed at the White House Plantation (of the Army of the Potomac) under the command of George B. McClellan, would burn the second White House to the ground on June 28, 1862, as they retreated during the Seven Days Battles. [4] [1] The third and final White House burned in 1880. The three White Houses collectively spanned over ...
Articles relating to George B. McClellan (1826–1885) and his political career. Pages in category "George B. McClellan" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
McClellan was born on Dec. 28, 1972, in Petersburg, Va., to community leaders and educators. Her father, James McClellan Jr., was a professor at Virginia State University, a historically Black ...
The winter of 1861–62 was relatively quiet for Johnston in his Centreville headquarters, concerned primarily with organization and equipment issues, as the principal Northern army, also named Army of the Potomac, was being organized by George B. McClellan. McClellan perceived Johnston's army as overwhelmingly strong in its fortifications ...