tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9506140.post7933650410063406437..comments2024-03-22T03:22:38.270-04:00Comments on Elektratig: George McClellan, Whining JerkElektratighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05703096671081292287noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9506140.post-6098567064327531202008-07-23T19:35:00.000-04:002008-07-23T19:35:00.000-04:00Brett,I agree with you, but as I've said what real...Brett,<BR/><BR/>I agree with you, but as I've said what really drives me crazy about McClellan is his attitude and his insubordination. In many ways, McClellan and Joe Johnston strike me as similar. I would have canned both of them.Elektratighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05703096671081292287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9506140.post-53029372361774572592008-07-23T00:24:00.000-04:002008-07-23T00:24:00.000-04:00I've gone back and forth on McClellan over the yea...I've gone back and forth on McClellan over the years. The Peninsula Campaign and the Seven Days have for most of my life as a Civil War student been my favorite campaign. I read Sears and his McClellan bashing like a lot of others. I think Sears is too harsh on McClellan in some ways, but I also think Russel Beatie in his Army of the Potomac series is far too easy. I have to believe the truth is somewhere in between. I think Little Mac was an excellent organizer and planner, but his crippling wekness was that, unlike Grant, he did give a d**n about what the enemy did while out of his site. Everything had to be just right, he had to hold back a proper reserve at all times, realities of the battlefield situation be d**ned, etc., until any chance he had for a victory was thrown away.<BR/><BR/>BrettAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9506140.post-41711945399854515112008-07-22T19:46:00.000-04:002008-07-22T19:46:00.000-04:00Laura,I'm delighted you visited -- and thrilled th...Laura,<BR/><BR/>I'm delighted you visited -- and thrilled that you agree. Your quote made me laugh.<BR/><BR/>I understand that McClellan had his virtues, but he just drives me crazy. Isn't it odd that someone so long dead can raise your blood pressure so much?<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comment, and please return soon.Elektratighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05703096671081292287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9506140.post-86286488511642998582008-07-20T08:35:00.000-04:002008-07-20T08:35:00.000-04:00I agree, and so did my 3rd great grandfather, a Un...I agree, and so did my 3rd great grandfather, a Union vet from Pennsylvania, who apparently used to say querulously to his wife, "Damn it, mama, I can't say McClellan!" (which is rather odd and cryptic but radiates dislike, don't you think?)<BR/><BR/>Great blog BTW, will be back...Lidianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14609618027313982020noreply@blogger.com