(A) ** General McDowell will be replaced because McClellan can reorganize the troops into a disciplined fighting force
(B) General McDowell will not be replaced with George McClellan because he is the only one who can train the troops to fight back.
(C) ** General McDowell will be replaced because he failed to take Richmond, and defeat the Confederate troops.
(D) General McDowell will be replaced because his troops beat the Confederate forces
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -In 1862, McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign unraveled after the Seven Days Battles, and he also failed to decisively defeat Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army at the Battle of Antietam. Frustrated by McClellan’s cautious tactics, Lincoln removed him from command.
Concept note-2: -McClellan, a potential political rival, of command of the Army of the Potomac. Lincoln believed that McClellan should have pursued the Confederates more aggressively after his victory at the Battle of Antietam on September 17. Lincoln replaced McClellan with Ambrose E.
Concept note-3: -Once, Lincoln was so frustrated at McClellan’s failure to act that he sent the general a telegram that read, “If General McClellan does not want to use the Army, I would like to borrow it for a time, provided I could see how it could be made to do something."
Concept note-4: -Why did President Lincoln criticize General George B. McClellan early in the war? McClellan had amassed a huge military force but refused to attack. Antietam Creek, Maryland.