George Brinton McClellan
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Within weeks, McClellan transformed a demoralized volunteer army into a disciplined fighting machine: the Army of the Potomac."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "But achieving victory required engaging the enemy in battle, and in this McClellan procrastinated, much to Lincoln\u00e2\u0080\u0099s exasperation. Lincoln wrote McClellan in April 1862, \u00e2\u0080\u009cit is indispensable to you that you strike a blow. I am powerless to help this [\u00e2\u0080\u00a6] you must act.\u00e2\u0080\u009d Tension between Lincoln and McClellan grew further when the general, who joined the fight solely to preserve the Union, urged the President not to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. After he failed to pursue Robert E. Lee\u00e2\u0080\u0099s army following the Union victory at the Battle of Antietam in September 1862, Lincoln relieved McClellan of his command."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Nacido en Filadelfia, Pensilvania"}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Tras la derrota del ej\u00c3\u00a9rcito de la Uni\u00c3\u00b3n en la Primera Batalla de Manassas el 21 de julio de 1861, el presidente Abraham Lincoln nombr\u00c3\u00b3 al general George McClellan comandante de las operaciones federales en Virginia. En cuesti\u00c3\u00b3n de semanas, McClellan transform\u00c3\u00b3 al desmoralizado ej\u00c3\u00a9rcito voluntario en una disciplinada m\u00c3\u00a1quina de guerra: el Ej\u00c3\u00a9rcito del Potomac."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Ahora ten\u00c3\u00adan que enfrentar al enemigo en combate, y McClellan lo aplazaba. Exasperado, Lincoln le escribi\u00c3\u00b3 en abril de 1862: \u00e2\u0080\u009ces indispensable que aseste usted un golpe. Yo no puedo hacer nada [...] usted tiene que actuar\u00e2\u0080\u009d. La tensi\u00c3\u00b3n entre Lincoln y McClellan creci\u00c3\u00b3 cuando el general, que hab\u00c3\u00ada entrado en la contienda solo para preservar la Uni\u00c3\u00b3n, exhort\u00c3\u00b3 al presidente a que no emitiera la Proclamaci\u00c3\u00b3n de Emancipaci\u00c3\u00b3n. Cuando dej\u00c3\u00b3 escapar al ej\u00c3\u00a9rcito de Robert E. Lee tras la victoria de la Uni\u00c3\u00b3n en la Batalla de Antietam, en septiembre de 1862, Lincoln lo relev\u00c3\u00b3 del mando."}, {"label": "Provenance", "content": "Georgiana Louise Heckscher [Mrs. George B. McClellan, Jr., 1863-1952], Washington, D.C., daughter-in-law of sitter; bequest 1953 to Smithsonian [NCFA]; transferred 1965 to NPG."}], "creditLine": [{"label": "Credit Line", "content": "National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the Smithsonian American Art Museum; bequest of Georgiana L. 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