The New York Evening Post commented in McClellan's obituary, "Probably no soldier who did so little fighting has ever had his qualities as a commander so minutely, and we may add, so fiercely discussed."
New York Evening Post skrev i McClellans nekrolog: "Formentlig ingen soldat, som kæmpede så lidt, har nogensinde fået sine kvaliteter som hærchef så omhyggeligt, og kan man tilføje, ivrigt debatteret."