Markinfield Addey
Published: 2015-06-25
Total Pages: 370
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Excerpt from George Brinton McClellan: From Cadet to Major-General; A Biography The author of this Biography of one of the most popular military commanders in the present century, is indebted for part of the information it contains to sources heretofore inaccessible. Knowledge concerning its subject has been obtained from those who played with him in boyhood; studied with him at West Point; travelled with him in the previously unexplored Indian Territory, among the mountain passes on the Pacific coast, and through the Kingdoms and Empires of the Old World; and from officers who fought by his side on the blood-stained fields of Virginia and Maryland, and were his faithful messengers amid the battle's din. A degree of accuracy has thus been secured which, it is believed, will be found not the least merit of this volume. In describing the character of General McClellan, the author has preferred introducing the opinions of others to giving his own - especially in reference to his abilities as a commander. It is an admitted fact, that any praise bestowed upon a man by an enemy is certain to be candid. With this view he has quoted freely from those journals, which now, for political reasons, seek to depreciate the acts they formerly extolled, either editorially, or through the medium of their authorized correspondents at the seat of war. These opinions he is glad to reproduce to the public, so that it may judge what little reliance can be placed upon the current tirades of a partisan press. It is a common practice of many of McClellan's political assailants in the North to insidiously ask, "How is it that the Southern leaders always speak well of him?" About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
