165 YEARS AGO: George B. McClellan continues organizing his new Army of the Potomac and continues feuding with Winfield Scott.
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General Scott is the Great Obstacle
165 YEARS AGO: George B. McClellan develops a Federal war strategy while complaining that Winfield Scott is standing in his way.
Admirable Self-Denial
165 YEARS AGO TODAY: The young, promising General George B. McClellan takes command of the demoralized Federal forces that had been defeated at Bull Run.
You Will Not Need Your Beautiful Flag
165 YEARS AGO: In western Virginia, a Federal force looks to clear Confederates out of the Great Kanawha Valley while Confederates try to coordinate and consolidate their forces.
You Have Annihilated Two Armies
165 YEARS AGO: In northwestern Virginia, one Confederate commander surrenders his force, and another becomes the first general killed in action.
The Battle of Rich Mountain
OTD 165 YEARS AGO: A detachment of George B. McClellan’s Federal army attacks an isolated portion of Robert S. Garnett’s Confederate army near Beverly in northwestern Virginia.