Question of the Week: What would you want to tell George McClellan?
If you could go back in time and give George McClellan one piece of advice or factual information, what would it be and when would you want to tell him?
If you could go back in time and give George McClellan one piece of advice or factual information, what would it be and when would you want to tell him?
Don’t run for president
Put Phil Kearny in charge of ALL your cavalry as soon as possible…
Think before you speak, don’t insult President Lincoln!
Tell your wife, Ellen, to burn your letters after reading.
If you ever go to the Peninsula, you’ve got to “move it, move it”
I would tell him that he’s not the genius that he thinks he is!!!
Tell your troops not to shoot at Joe Johnston. If he is wounded, Robert E. Lee will replace him
To echo the movie Risky Business, “Sometimes you just have to go for it”
To echo the movie Risky Business, “Sometimes you just have to go for it.”
Stop listening to Pinkerton.
To paraphrase the movie “The Graduate,” I have just one word to say to him: DEMOGRAPHICS. Maybe then he’d realize that the tens/hundreds of thousands of rebel troops he imagined could not possibly exist.
At Antietam, attack on the 16th & hit with all corps simultaneously…pushing the attack to the Potomac.
At Antietam, attack on September 16th with all corps simultaneously & vigorously push the attack to the Potomac.
Don’t overestimate confederate strength and be aggressive.
First, congrats on superb organization and preparation of the largest army in the world. Second, don’t be afraid to use it – stop seeing Confederate ghosts that simply aren’t there!