USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Major General George B. McClellan-the general with the “slows.” Even among those unfamiliar with Civil War history, that is how McClellan is usually remembered, as the commander President Abraham Lincoln had to prod into action.

Detailed explanation-2: -As a commander, McClellan’s chief contribution to the Union cause was his brilliant ability to organize and train troops. Otherwise, he proved to be a cautious and indecisive leader. He repaid President Lincoln’s patience with him with disrespect.

Detailed explanation-3: -Owing not least to these failures, the war dragged on into the spring of 1865; and George McClellan is known to history primarily as Lincoln tagged him: a general with a bad case of ‘’the slows, ” who excelled mostly ‘’in making others ready to fight, ” but who was ‘’good for nothing” on the battlefield.

Detailed explanation-4: -George McClellan was a U.S. Army engineer, railroad president and politician who served as a major general during the Civil War. McClellan was well liked by his men, but his reticence to attack the Confederacy with the full force of his army put him at odds with President Abraham Lincoln.