I don't know the exact answer BUT I do know of four answers that will lower it down for you a lot. Why? Because two of them are the answer! Answer 1: He proved incapable of leading an inferior army. Answer 2: He always fought with Lincoln over policies. Answer 3: He was overly cautious as battles neared. Answer 4: He always believed he was outnumbered. I know your thinking, why don't I just give you the answer, that's what this site is for?! The answer to that is, because I do not know the answer, I am in school and have a multiple choice question. Those answers were the four answers I had to choose from, and 2 of them are correct. Hope it help's at least a little.
He was much too cautious - not willing to move until everything was ready. He was also badly misled about enemy srength - he listened to Allan Pinkerton, who vastly over-rated these troop-numbers.
The Confederates' leader was General E Lee and the Yankees' leader was General George McClellan
The commander of the Unions Army of the Potomac at Antietam was Major General George B. McClellan.
Union leader: Robert E. Lee Confederate: George McClellan/// Exactly backwards,Union:McClellan-Confederate:Robert E. Lee. Actually, in the Eastern Theater the Union had a crisis in leadership. From the time Lee took command on June 1, 1862 he faced; 1)McClellan 2)Pope 3)McClellan(again) 4)Burnside 5)Hooker 6)Meade and finally 7)Grant while Lee was in command throughout.
A general is a leader of a certain army. He is the top dog.
He was much too cautious - not willing to move until everything was ready. He was also badly misled about enemy srength - he listened to Allan Pinkerton, who vastly over-rated these troop-numbers.
The Confederates' leader was General E Lee and the Yankees' leader was General George McClellan
Major General George B. McClellan and Brigadier General Fitz John Porter.
McClellan was a leader of the Union Army.
George B. McClellan was a general who fought in the Civil War. He fought on the side of the Union Army, but is generally regarded as a somewhat ineffective military leader.
No Union military leader actually had a bodyguard. However, President Abraham Lincoln used the term McClellan's bodyguard to describe the idle army which was being incompetently led by Major General George McClellan.
General Meade remained loyal to his former commander, George B. McClellan, even after Meade was appointed the leader of the Army of the Potomac. He, like McClellan outwardly criticized the political interference the military had to deal with concerning military issues.
The Union Commander of the Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Fredericksburg was Ambrose Burnsides
George McClellan
After Antietam (Sept 17, 1862) when McClellan once again believed he needed time for his troops to rest. President Lincoln replaced him (on Nov 7) with General Ambrose Burnside. That was the end of McClellan's service as a Union military leader. As an aside, General Burnside felt uncomfortable replacing George B. McClellan. He had been loyal to him, also, he was not sure the command of the Army of the Potomac would be a fit for his abilities.
Union General George B. McClellan was sometimes nicknamed "Young Napoleon" by his troops.
The commander of the Unions Army of the Potomac at Antietam was Major General George B. McClellan.