Allan Pinkerton was hired by US General George B. McClellan for espionage work for confederate operations.
The General in Chief was at the outset of the US Civil war was General Winfield Scott. He would be replaced by George B. McClellan, followed by Henry Wager Halleck, and finally the post went to Ulysses S. Grant who held the post at the end of the war.
The reelection of Abraham Lincoln in 1864 showed that the war effort had turned in the North's favor. The election was between Lincoln and George B. McClellan.
Here are the Union Generals who served in the Civil War. * Winfield Scott: July 5, 1841 - November 1, 1861 * George B. McClellan: November 1, 1861 - March 11, 1862 * Henry W. Halleck: July 23, 1862 - March 9, 1864 * Ulysses S. Grant: March 9, 1864 - March 4, 1869
On July 7,1862, Lincoln went to Harrison's Landing to personally know what McClellan's operational plans were. The only thing he got was a letter in which the general, instead of expressing his intention regarding what kind of action he was going to develop on his front, gave a paternalistic suggestions and advice about governmental policy; (source: "Own Story" by George Brinton McClellan, page 487 and following.). It was the second time the general addressed to Lincoln such a kind of message, what would have been enough to sent him before a court martial, but Lincoln didn't react.
George b McClellan was a Union general. All the generals do is command their troops.
Confederate: Robert E. Lee ,,, Union: George B. McClellan
The commander of the Unions Army of the Potomac at Antietam was Major General George B. McClellan.
McClellan's Peninsular campaign failed because the Confederate army was defending Richmond better that McClellan anticipated. They retreated, then turned and attacked McClellan, surprising the Union general.
Union General George B. McClellan had a loyal staff of Union army generals. McClellan's chief of staff was his father in law.
Allan Pinkerton was hired by US General George B. McClellan for espionage work for confederate operations.
Former Union general George B. McClellan's middle name was Brinton.
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George B. McClellan
George B. McClellan
A more cautious Confederate general was replaced by the more aggressive Robert E. Lee.
Former Union general and New Jersey governor, George B. McClellan died of a heart attack on October 29, 1885.