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050 00 $aE411$b.M127 2009
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100 1 $aMcClellan, George B.$q(George Brinton),$d1826-1885.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50014834
245 14 $aThe Mexican War diary and correspondence of George B. McClellan /$cedited by Thomas W. Cutrer.
260 $aBaton Rouge :$bLouisiana State University Press,$c[2009], ©2009.
300 $avi, 195 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 1 $a"In his standard reference work on the Civil War, Generals in Blue, Ezra Warner declared George B. McClellan (1826-1885) "one of the most controversial figures in American military history." In this revealing book, Thomas W. Cutrer provides the definitive edition of McClellan's detailed diary and letters from his service in the Mexican War (1846-1848), during which he began the rise that culminated in being named general in chief of the Union forces and commander of the Army of the Potomac early in the Civil War." "McClellan graduated second in his class from West Point in 1846 and served as a second lieutenant in Company A of the prestigious Corps of Engineers, the only formation of combat engineers in the United States Army. The company participated in Major General Winfield Scott's invasion of Mexico, playing a prominent role in the siege of Vera Cruz and the battles of Cerro Gordo, Churubusco, Molino del Rey, and Chapultepec and in the capture of Mexico City. Although only twenty-one years old at the war's end, McClellan earned brevet promotions to first lieutenant and then captain for his efforts." "McClellan's colorful diary and frequent letters to his socially and politically prominent Philadelphia family provide a wealth of military details of the campaign, insights into the character of his fellow engineers-including Robert E. Lee and P. G. T. Beauregard-and accounts of the friction that arose between the professional soldiers and the officers and men of the volunteer regiments that made up Scott's command. A courageous, indefatigable, and superbly intelligent young man, McClellan formed close personal loyalties in those years. His diaries also reveal a man contemptuous of those he perceived as less talented than he, quick to see conspiracies where none existed, and eager to place upon others the blame for his own shortcomings and to take credit for actions performed by others." "On the banks of the Rio Grande during his first weeks with the army, McClellan wrote in his diary: "I came down here with high hopes, with pleasing anticipations of distinction, of being in hard fought battles and acquiring a name and reputation as a stepping stone to a still greater eminence in some future and greater war." Carefully edited by Thomas W. Cutrer, these diary entries and letters do indeed trace McClellan's rapid development as a soldier and leader and put on full display the talent, ambition, and arrogance that characterized his career as general and politician."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aMexican War, 1846-1848$vPersonal narratives, American.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010101639
600 10 $aMcClellan, George B.$q(George Brinton),$d1826-1885$vDiaries.
600 10 $aMcClellan, George B.$q(George Brinton),$d1826-1885$vCorrespondence.
650 0 $aSoldiers$zUnited States$vDiaries.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008112031
650 0 $aSoldiers$zUnited States$vCorrespondence.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008112029
650 0 $aMilitary engineers$zUnited States$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010101641
650 0 $aMilitary engineering$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aMexican War, 1846-1848$xEngineering and construction.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy.$bCorps of Engineers$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aMexican War, 1846-1848$xRegimental histories$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010101640
700 1 $aCutrer, Thomas W.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82216163
852 00 $bglx$hE411$i.M127 2009