McClellan's writings after the war were typical of many Northerners: "I confess to a prejudice in favor of my own race, & can't learn to like the odor of either Billy goats or niggers."
Hans bøger efter krigen var typiske for mange nordstatsfolk: "Jeg medgiver, at jeg har en fordom til fordel for min egen race, og jeg kan ikke lide lugten af hverken gedebukke eller negre".