Winfield Scott
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Winfield Scott was an American military commander and a presidential candidate. He served as Commanding General of the United States Army from 1841 to 1861, and was a veteran of the War of 1812, Ameri
Scott in uniform, c. 1862
Battle of Chippawa
Bust of Scott by William Rush, c. 1814
Maria DeHart Mayo (1789–1862), portrait by Asher Durand
George B. McClellan
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George Brinton McClellan was an American military officer, politician, and engineer who served as the 24th governor of New Jersey from 1878 to 1881, as Commanding General of the United States Army fro
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…the opening stages of the war. He developed a strategy known as the Anaconda Plan but retired in late 1861 after Lincoln increasingly relied on General George B. McClellan for military advice and leadership. In retirement, he lived in West Point, New York, where he died on May 29, 1866. Contemporaries highly regarded…
Portrait by Mathew Benjamin Brady, 1861
The Julian Scott portrait of McClellan in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
McClellan and Ellen Mary "Nelly" (Marcy) McClellan
Patriotic cover honoring the arrival of McClellan in Washington, D.C., on July 26, 1861