McClellan continues the War

[Gentleman Johnny]

Hey folks. This is something I've been thinking about for a while now and so I figured I'd put it out there for you all.

There has been plenty of what ifs about how if the 1864 campaigns went worse for the Union, McClellan might have won and he would have negotiated with the Confederates like the Copperheads wanted and allowed the South to achieve their independence.

What I'd like to hear your thoughts on is this. What if the campaigns of 1864 went bad enough for the Union for McClellan to win the '64 election, only for McClellan to decide to continue to prosecute the war? How might he have shaken things up? Would he have replaced certain commanders? How might his strategic vision have differed from what happened in reality?

Something else I'd love to hear is who you guys think McClellan might have chosen for his cabinet and if those choices might have even been accepted by what would have undoubtedly been a hostile, Republican, Congress.

Anyway, thank you very much for your time and I look forward to hearing your various thoughts as this is something I've been pondering a lot lately.​

 

[TallTallMan]

Hey folks. This is something I've been thinking about for a while now and so I figured I'd put it out there for you all.

There has been plenty of what ifs about how if the 1864 campaigns went worse for the Union, McClellan might have won and he would have negotiated with the Confederates like the Copperheads wanted and allowed the South to achieve their independence.

What I'd like to hear your thoughts on is this. What if the campaigns of 1864 went bad enough for the Union for McClellan to win the '64 election, only for McClellan to decide to continue to prosecute the war? How might he have shaken things up? Would he have replaced certain commanders? How might his strategic vision have differed from what happened in reality?

Something else I'd love to hear is who you guys think McClellan might have chosen for his cabinet and if those choices might have even been accepted by what would have undoubtedly been a hostile, Republican, Congress.

Anyway, thank you very much for your time and I look forward to hearing your various thoughts as this is something I've been pondering a lot lately.​

Mac would've eased on emancipation, and there would've probably been a tighter leash on Sheridan and Sherman's policy.

I don't know his opinions on Grant, but he probably would've been kept. As for his cabinet, I doubt it would've been full of Copperheads, as people try to say about him. He was no traitor.

 

[RedRover]

From the papers:

Boston Post, Sept. 12, '64.