shermans_march
First Sergeant
- Joined
- Mar 11, 2017
- Location
- Colorado, Under A Pile of Snow
I don't understand this one. McClellan was a excellent organizer, but in battle he was too cautious and was unwilling to engage his whole force. The only battles that Lee and McClellan fought against each other was in the Peninsula Campaign, which was a Confederate victory and the Battle of Antietam, which was a tactically inconclusive, but a strategic Union victory because Lee's army left the field first. Sherman and Grant were far much successful in battle then McClellan and weren't removed from position, due to near incompetence and timidness to pursue the enemy. To come to think of it, McClellan might have been the best general for Lee and the Confederacy because his actions might have allowed the Confederacy to win the war, if he was kept as General in Chief any longer. Finally, was there any bitterness to Grant that might have made Lee give praise to a person like McClellan instead?