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McClellan's own Story: the war for the Union, the soldiers who fought it, the civilians who...
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McClellan's own Story: the war for the Union, the soldiers who fought it, the civilians who directed it, and his relations to it and them.

McCLELLAN, George Brinton
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1887 Civil War 1st ed George McClellan Own Story Union General Slavery Lincoln "The Union, which can alone insure internal peace, and external security to each State, Must and Shall be Preserved, cost what it may in time, treasure, and blood." – George B. McClellan A rare first edition of George B. McClellan's "Own Story" which wasn't published until 1887, after his death. McClellan used this work as a platform to defend his conduct, actions, and decisions during the Mexican American War and Civil War. This book includes letters to his wife, in which McClellan reveals his pride as a general as well as his feelings toward war. Some of the most important inclusions in this work are McClellan's views on the causes and reasons for the Civil War, noting slavery and the Lincoln-Douglas debates as primary causes, but he blamed the South as the culprit for causing the uprising, rather than putting any blame on the North. Per Eicher, "This is in large part a reworking of McClellan's 'Letter of the… Read More
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