He served briefly in the Mexican-American War and as an observer to the Crimean War. At the outbreak of the Civil War, McClellan was sought by several northern states to lead their militia.

The fighting of the American Civil War ultimately reached nearly every state in the Northern and Southern territories, with ...

McClellan, commander of the Army of the Potomac ... so the younger Johnston became a drummer boy -- a critical position during the Civil War that was responsible for much more than sheer ...

On both sides, the Civil ... war. Some would die in battles; others would go on to become political figures in the healing nation. This section displays objects used by or presented to the leaders of ...

The year 1862 saw the birth of modern warfare and the transformation of Lincoln's war to preserve the Union ... and then follows Union General George McClellan's ill-fated campaign on the Virginia ...

In the election of 1864, with the Civil ... McClellan wasn’t a politician by trade. He was the one-time head of the U.S. army in the east, who had repeatedly clashed with Lincoln earlier in the war.

“Black Civil War Correspondence,” that park rangers discovered a previously overlooked story Chester reported from Election Day on Nov. 8, 1864. — Abraham Lincoln against George McClellan.