George McClellan

Przypisy

  1. If General McClellan does not want to use the Army, I would like to borrow it for oraz time. The Lessons of Appomattox The Time Magazine
  2. McClellan is to me one of the mysteries of the war. Beagle, str. 1277
  3. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 3.
  4. 4,0 4,1 4,2 Eicher, str. 371.
  5. Mexican disease, Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 14–15.
  6. a set of scoundrels, who seek to keep up agitation mężczyzna the frontier in order to get employment from the Govt. in one way or other, Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 32–34.
  7. McClellan wybrał przełęcz Yakima, nie przeprowadzając szczegółowego rekonesansu również sprzeciwił się żądaniu gubernatora, by wysłać na nią placówka wewnątrz warunkach zimowych, opierając swoją decyzję na błędnych raportach dotyczących grubości pokrywy śnieżnej. Ponadto nie znalazł trzech w każdym calu lepszych przełęczy wewnątrz najbliższej okolicy, wskroś jedną z których nareszcie poprowadzono linie kolejowe także autostrady międzystanowe.
  8. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 40-41.
  9. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 61.
  10. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 43–44.
  11. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 46-49.
  12. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 56.
  13. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 59.
  14. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 63.
  15. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 66-69.
  16. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 72.
  17. great confidence in your intelligence, zeal, science, and energy, John Sheldon Moodey, The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, str. 387.
  18. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 75-76.
  19. Notwithstanding all that has been said żeby the traitors to induce you to believe that our advent among you will be signalized żeby interference with your slaves, understand one thing clearly—not only will we abstain from all such interference obuwie we will pan the contrary with an iron hand, crush any attempted insurrection płeć brzydka their part. Edward MacPherson, The Political History of the United States of America, During the Great Rebellion, str. 244.
  20. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 79-80.
  21. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 89-91.
  22. Beagle, str. 1274.
  23. Gen. McClellan, the Napoleon of the Present War., Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 93.
  24. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 95.
  25. Beatie, str. 480. Eicher, str. 372, 856.
  26. I find myself in i new and strange position here—Presdt, Cabinet, Genl Scott & all deferring to me—by some strange operation of magic I seem to have become the power of the land. ... I almost think that were I to win some small success now I could become Dictator or anything else that might please me—but nothing of that kind would please me— therefore I won't be Dictator. Admirable self-denial!, Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 95.
  27. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 111.
  28. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 116.
  29. crush the rebels in one campaign. John George Nicolay A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, str. 250.
  30. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 98-99.
  31. I confess to i prejudice in favor of my own race, & can't learn to like the odor of either Billy goats or niggers. Beatie, str 136.
  32. I will, if successful, throw my sword onto the scale to force an improvement in the condition of those poor blacks.
  33. I will not fight for the abolitionists.
  34. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 116-17.
  35. essentially sound
  36. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 101-104, 110.
  37. Genl Scott is the great obstacle—he will not comprehend the danger & is either i traitor, or an incompetent. I have to fight my way against him. Beatie, str. 471-72.
  38. reasons of health, McPherson, str. 360.
  39. vast labor, I can do it all., McPherson, str. 360.
  40. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 136-37.
  41. nothing more than i well-meaning baboon, gorilla, ever unworthy of ... his high position McPherson, str. 364.
  42. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 132-33.
  43. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 140-41, 149, 160.
  44. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 168-69.
  45. to secure the failure of the approaching campaign. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 164-65.
  46. stride of i giant Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 167-69.
  47. Bailey, Forward to Richmond, str. 99.
  48. Bailey, Forward to Richmond, str. 107-13.
  49. Bailey, Forward to Richmond, str. 128-29.
  50. Sears, Gates, str. 103-04.
  51. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 192-95.
  52. W raportach do Waszyngtonu McClellan oszacował liczba armii Konfederatów na 200 tysięcy żołnierzy, w ciągu podczas gdy no liczyła płeć piękna 85 tysięcy.
  53. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 205.
  54. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 211-12.
  55. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 216.
  56. If I save this army now, I tell you plainly I owe no tak thanks to you or to any other persons in Washington. You have done your best to sacrifice this army. Beagle, str. 1275.
  57. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 217.
  58. When hi deserted his army gorsza połowa the Glendale and Malvern Hill battlefields during the Seven Days, hi was guilty of dereliction of duty. Had the Army of the Potomac been wrecked mąż either of these fields (at Glendale the possibility had been real), that charge under the Articles of War would likely have been brought against him. Sears, Controversies, str. 16.
  59. Sears, Gates, str. 280, 309.
  60. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 221.
  61. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 227.
  62. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 235.
  63. Pope will be thrashed ... & be disposed of [by Lee]. McPherson, str. 525.
  64. the fortifications of Washington, and all the troops for the defense of the capital., Newton Martin Curtis From Bull Run to Chancellorsville: The Story of the Sixteenth New York Infantry Together with Personal Reminiscences, str. 166.
  65. our deliberate opinion that, at this time, it is not safe to entrust to Major General McClellan the command of any Army of the United States. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 260.
  66. curing the bite with the hair of the dog.
  67. We must use what tools we have. There is naprawdę man in the Army who can man these fortifications and lick these troops of ours into shape half tuz well tuz he. If che can't fight himself, hi excels in making others ready to fight. Bailey, Bloodiest Day, str. 15.
  68. Bailey, Bloodiest Day, str. 15.
  69. He is an able general obuwie tudzież very cautious one. His army is in oraz very demoralized and chaotic condition, and will not be prepared for offensive operations — or che will not think it so — for three or four weeks. Before that time I hope to be pan the Susquehanna. Bailey, Bloodiest Day, str. 21.
  70. Bailey, Bloodiest Day, str. 23.
  71. Now I know what to do!, Here is zaś paper with which if I cannot whip Bobbie Lee, I will be willing to go home., I have the whole rebel force in część przednia of me, obuwie I am confident, and ano time shall be lost. I think Lee has made oraz gross mistake, and that hi will be severely punished for it. I have all the plans of the rebels, and will catch them in their own trap if my men are equal to the emergency. ... Will send you trophies. Sears, Landscape, str. 113.
  72. Sears, Landscape, str. 120-21.
  73. McPherson, Crossroads, str. 129-30.
  74. Our victory was complete. The enemy is driven back into Virginia.
  75. Remember, General, I command the last reserve of the last Army of the Republic. Bailey, Bloodiest Day, str. 141.
  76. McPherson, Crossroads, str. 155.
  77. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 238-41.
  78. Those in whose judgment I rely tell me that I fought the battle splendidly and that it was oraz masterpiece of art. ... I feel I have done all that can be asked in twice saving the country. ... I feel some little pride in having, with tudzież beaten & demoralized army, defeated Lee so utterly. ... Well, one of these days history will I trust do me justice. McPherson, Battle Cry, str. 545.
  79. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 353-56.
  80. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 372-74.
  81. McPherson, str. 805.
  82. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 385-86.
  83. Sears, Controversies, str. 5.
  84. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 388-92.
  85. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 393.
  86. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 397-99.
  87. McClellan’s Own Story
  88. I feel easy now. Thank you.
  89. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 400-01.
  90. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 404.
  91. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 401.
  92. Sears, Young Napoleon, str. 293.
  93. Sears, Controversies, str. 19-20.
  94. Sears, Controversies, str. 6.
  95. Rotov, Dimitri: McClellan FACs, FAQs, and Facts. McClellan Society, 1998. [dostęp 2007-03-25].