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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

Stand by General Burnside as you have stood by me and all will be well.

George B. McClellan

By some strange operation of magic I seem to have become the power of the land.

George B. McClellan

As far as military necessity will permit, religiously respect the constitutional rights of all.

George B. McClellan

The moment for action has arrived, and I know that I can trust in you to save our country.

George B. McClellan

Conscious of my own weakness, I can only seek fervently the guidance of the Ruler of the Universe, and, relying on His all-powerful aid, do my best to restore Union and peace to a suffering people, and to establish and guard their liberties and rights.

George B. McClellan

It is not given to our weak intellects to understand the steps of Providence as they occur: we comprehend them only as we look back upon them in the far-distant past.

George B. McClellan

George B. McClellan

George B. McClellan

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Born: December 3, 1826

Died: October 29, 1885 (aged 58)

Bio: George Brinton McClellan was an American soldier, civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician.

Known for:

The Army of the Potomac (1864)
Venice and Bonaparte
The Civil War papers of George B. McClellan
Manual of bayonet exercise (1852)

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