George McClellan
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About
American Civil War General who established the Army of the Potomac and briefly served as general-in-chief of the Union Army.
Before Fame
He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, graduating second in his class. He went on to serve as an engineering officer during the Mexican-American War.
Trivia
He was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1864, and he later served as the twenty-fourth Governor of New Jersey.
Family Life
His wife, Mary Ellen Marcy, initially refused his marriage proposal.
Associated With
He fought unsuccessfully against Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the 1862 Peninsula Campaign.
