Podcast appearances and mentions of George B Mcclellan

On this week's Behind The Battles we cover one of the most Union Generals, George B. McClellan! Commander of the Army Of The Potomac and, for a time, the Union Army altogether, he was heavily criticized for his failure to pursue the enemy and take out the Confederates. We will take a look at his early life and military years, his Civil War years, and of course his life after the war up to his death.  Subscribe to our YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/@bangdangnetwork

Confronting Culture Part 2: No Fear By Louie Marsh, 3-5-2023   Chat GPT:   Fear is a natural and normal human emotion that can serve a protective purpose in certain situations. However, if fear becomes excessive or irrational, it can interfere with our ability to lead a fulfilling life. Here are some strategies that may help reduce fear and anxiety:   1) Identify the source of your fear: Try to identify the specific source of your fear. Is it a concrete object or situation, or is it a more abstract worry? Once you identify the source, you can work to address it more directly.   2) Practice relaxation techniques: Relaxation techniques such as deep breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, or yoga can help reduce anxiety and promote feelings of calmness.   3) Challenge your negative thoughts: Often, fear is the result of negative or catastrophic thinking patterns. Try to identify and challenge these thoughts with more realistic and balanced thinking.   4) Seek support: Talking to a trusted friend, family member, or mental health professional can provide support and perspective on your fears.   5) Take action: Sometimes taking action to address the source of your fear can help reduce anxiety. This might involve seeking information, practicing skills, or taking steps to avoid or confront the feared situation.   Remember, living without fear completely is not realistic or even desirable, as some level of fear can be healthy and protective. The goal is to manage and reduce excessive or irrational fear to live a more fulfilling life.   1) God loves everyone EQUALLY.   “16“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16, ESV)   ·       He's not PLEASED with everyone.   ·       BIG QUESTION: Who do I love MORE; God or…?   "This is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy." - Sir Winston Churchill   2) I shouldn't fear people, but GOD instead.   “12“I, I am he who comforts you; who are you that you are afraid of man who dies, of the son of man who is made like grass,” (Isaiah 51:12, ESV)   “4“I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. 5But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!” (Luke 12:4–5, ESV)   3) Fear feeds on LOSS, so I must focus on Christ.   “18There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. 19We love because he first loved us. 20If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.” (1 John 4:18–20, ESV)   Kara Lynne was fired by Limited Run Games after trans activist 'Purple Tinker' accused her of following 'transphobic' accounts   “We are at the end of Christendom.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen said during a talk in 1947- 76 years ago!. Making clear he didn't mean Christianity or the Church, he said, “Christendom is economic, political, social life as inspired by Christian principles. That is ending — we've seen it die. Look at the symptoms: the breakup of the family, divorce, abortion, immorality, general dishonesty.”   “The new era into which we are entering is what might be called the religious phase of human history.”   But he quickly said this didn't mean men will “turn to God.” Rather, they'll turn from indifference to having a passion for “an absolute.” The struggle will be “for the souls of men. … The conflict of the future is between the absolute who is the God-man and the absolute which is the man god; the God Who became man and the man who makes himself God; brothers in Christ and comrades in anti-Christ.”   “Evil must come to reject us, to despise us, to hate us, to persecute us, and then shall we define our loyalties, affirm our fidelities and state on whose side we stand.  How shall the strong and weak trees be manifested unless the wind blows?  Our quantity indeed will decrease, but our quality will increase. Then shall be verified the words of Our Master: whoever does not gather with me, scatters.” (Matthew 12:30)   “We tremble not that God may be dethroned, but that barbarism may reign; it is not Transubstantiation that may perish, but the home; not the sacraments that may fade away, but the moral law. The Church can have no different words for the weeping woman than those of Christ on the way to Calvary: Weep not over me; but weep for yourselves and for your children.” (Luke 23:28)   Over the centuries the Church has had its Good Fridays, he reminds us, but there's always Easter Sundays “because Jesus promised the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And Behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.' (Matthew 28:20)   As bleak as things may be, never has “there been such a strong argument for the need of Christianity, for men are now discovering that their misery and their woes, their wars and their revolutions increase in direct ratio and proportion to the neglect of Christianity.  Evil is self-defeating; good alone is self-preserving.”   “The forces of evil are united; the forces of good are divided.  We may not be able to meet in the same pew — would to God we did — but we can meet on our knees.”   4) Fear always EXAGGERATES the issue.   “14He said, “I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.”” (1 Kings 19:14, ESV)   "Here is a paper with which, if I cannot whip Bobbie Lee, I will be willing to go home!" ~ George B. McClellan   ·       It naturally leads to LYING.   “10And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself…12The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.”” (Genesis 3:10,12, ESV)   5) Fear allows me to RATIONALIZE anything.   “6And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau, and he is coming to meet you, and there are four hundred men with him.” 7Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two camps, 8thinking, “If Esau comes to the one camp and attacks it, then the camp that is left will escape.”” (Genesis 32:6–8, ESV)   6) I OVERCOME fear when I know God is with me.   “31What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?”…“35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.” 37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.” (Romans 8:31-32,35–37, ESV)   4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.” (Psalm 23:4, ESV)      

Episode 85 will see Ambrose Burnside takeover, which means we need to say goodbye to George B. McClellan. https://cwweeklypod.wixsite.com/my-site Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CWweeklypod Venmo: @Timothy-Patrick-48 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/civil-war-weekly/support

Ok now, this 1864 prezzy wezzy candidee is a WHOLE military general, so expect this episode to be filled with a stupid amount of juicy, spicy, PETTINESS!

George B. McClellan Junior, son of the Union general and Mayor of New York City for two turn-of-the century terms is not history's usual voice, his takes are different. He saw Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson at their most base and political. He became mayor of the nation's largest city and talked about for its highest office, only to earn the displeasure of his sponsors for acting independently (and probably, prudently). He thinks at least one story about Lincoln was overplayed, he was against the United State's entry into World War I. Let's speak to McClellan Jr [ by reviewing his memoirs! ]. About turn of the century politics, political machines, being New York City major and son of famous Civil War General and Democratic candidate for President. . He also speaks to race relations in Congress in the 1890's, being a Northern Congressman in a Southern-dominated party, what it's like to fight the 'tiger' of Tammany Hall and other things. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From March to July in 1862, the Union army under the command of Gen. George B. McClellan launched the "Peninsula Campaign" as a major offensive and came very near to capturing the Confederate capital of Richmond.  In the real historical timeline, the nearly-defeated Confederate forces came under the command of Gen. Robert E. Lee and eventually achieved the Union army's withdrawal. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peninsula_campaign)What if the outcome had been different not only for the course of the war but the Reconstruction to follow with an earlier Union victory during this campaign in 1962?Robert Cocheu joins our Chris Coppola for this episode. This episode will also have an enhanced visual component on our YouTube channel.  See the link below.If you enjoy the podcast, you can help by supporting us via Patreon.https://www.patreon.com/aforkintimeYou can follow A Fork In Time on….Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aforkintimeTwitter: @AFITPodcastPinterest: www.pinterest.com/aforkintimeOur YouTube ChannelWebsite: www.aforkintimepodcast.comE-Mail: aforkintimepodcast@gmail.comDirect Link to Listener Survey: https://www.aforkintimepodcast.com/listenersurveyCheck Out The Room Where It Happened, our other podcast where the focus is on "real" history:https://www.aforkintimepodcast.com/theroomwhereithappenedTheme Music: Conquer by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.comInstacart - Groceries delivered in as little as 1 hour. Free delivery on your first order over $35.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/aforkintime)

Let the campaigning season begin! Owen and Keith are back with a recap of the Peninsula Campaign, Seven Days Battles, Malvern Hill, and a spirited debated on the generalship of George B. McClellan and Robert E. Lee. 

We get into some additional facts about Presidents we didn't cover in the last episode. Plus we talk about George B. McClellan Jr, Congressman from New York and his experience in Congress in the 1890's. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lee's victory over George B. McClellan in front of Richmond sealed Lee's reputation. With McClellan disgraced, Lincoln turned to John Pope who assembled an army along the Rappahannock River. Lee formulated a plan that would lever him out of his position by attacking his supply depot at Manassas. The bold plan worked and Pope was defeated. Lee considered his next moves and looked to the north. He crossed the Potomac and moved into Maryland, setting up another clash at Antietam. Have a question, comment, or compliment, contact us at americawarpodcast@gmail.com. You can also leave comments and your questions on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/americaatwarpodcast/. Thanks for listening!  

After the Union's ignoble defeat at Bull Run, President Lincoln appointed George B. McClellan as the commanding general of what would become the Army of the Potomac. McClellan is an controversial character. He resurrected and created the sword of Lincoln, but the stresses of his position brought forward personality traits that have sullied his contributions. He was insubordinate and a procrastinator. He would have a large role to play in 1862, so stay tuned!  Have a question, comment, or compliment, contact us at americawarpodcast@gmail.com. You can also leave comments and your questions on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/americaatwarpodcast/. Thanks for listening!

In this episode I examine the life of George B. McClellan from his birth to his appointment to the post of general in charge of the army around Washington. I look at how he restored discipline, how he worked to make good defenses for the capital, and how he built up and trained his army. I look as well at some of his most colorful officers. I look at his overestimate of enemy troops thanks to Allen Pinkerton and finally I look at the hatred between him and General Winfield Scott.

“There is Jackson standing like a stone wall! Rally behind the Virginians!” This is the story of violence on land and sea. Of violence unlike anything America has ever known. Tens of thousands of Union and Confederate forces clash near Virginia’s Bull Run River and Manassass railroad junction. Naive, young soldiers quickly learn their romantic notions of war are a farce, Thomas Jackson defends “like a stone wall,” and Yankees hear a horrific sound: “the rebel yell.” Things are calmer on the sea. Lincoln wants a blockade to hem in Confederate ships. The result is one international, diplomatic nightmare (the Trent Affair), and the most devastating attack in US naval history. The carnage and destruction wrought on the US Navy by the CSS Virginia (the Merrimack) won’t be matched or exceeded until 1941. Lincoln’s despondent. He has setbacks, on the field, turnover from General-in-Chief Winfield Scott to George B. McClellan, and a dying son. It seems nothing can go right. There is one exception though. Welcome back to the story young Ulysses S. Grant.

In this episode I look at the early battles of June and July 1861 which saw some minor victories for both sides. I look first of all at the Battle of Big Bethel which pitted General Butler against future CSA Generals John Bankhead Magruder and Daniel Harvey Hill. I then turn to the western part of Virginia and look at the campaign of General George B. McClellan to invade and eventually seize that part of Virginia forming the future state of West Virginia.

About this episode:  In March of 1862, Major General George B. McClellan began to land his massive army on the Virginia peninsula, created by the York and James Rivers. Its objective: Richmond. That army got as close as 4-5 miles, close enough to set their time pieces to the ringing church bells of the Confederate capital. Then, on the 31st of May and the 1st of June, there were two messy, inconclusive days of battle. One of the casualties was a significant one: Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston. Knocked from command of the army defending Richmond, President Jefferson Davis named another. That new commander was 55 years old, and for the first month he reorganized, ordered the digging of trenches, and postured before the enemy. For that supposed inactivity, the Richmond press derisively called him "Granny." Then came the 25th of June, and for the next week, what this commander unleashed was so audacious that no one ever called him "Granny" again. No one. This is the story of Robert E. Lee's first major offensive. This is the story of The Seven Days.----more---- Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:  George B. McClellan Robert E. Lee Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson Joseph E. Johnston Edward Porter Alexander J.E.B. Stewart Philip St. George Cooke Fitz John Porter James Longstreet Theophilus H. Holmes   Other References From This Episode:    The Seven Days Campaign Battle Map *** Map Source: Battles and Leaders of the Civil War *** Painting Source: Don Troiani, Historical Art Prints Get The Guide: Want to learn more about the Civil War? A great place to start is Fred's guide, The Civil War: A History of the War between the States from Workman Publishing. The guide is in its 9th printing.   Producer: Dan Irving

About this episode:  It was April of 1862, and the war was just about to enter its second year. The beginning of that year had been a bleak one for the Confederacy. In February, Fort Henry, Roanoke Island, North Carolina, and Fort Donelson all fell. Now there were invasion routes into "The Old North State," the interior of Tennessee, and the very heartland of the Confederacy. In the first week of March, Missouri was for all practical purposes lost to the confederacy thanks to Union victory at Pea Ridge. In the east, more cause for southern concern. The ironclad USS Monitor had revolutionized Naval warfare, and neutralized the Confederacy's CSS Virginia, and George B. McClellan finally stirred from his slows to land 121,000 men on the Virginia peninsula with its sights on Richmond. Though there had been all these military events, there were still some, North and South, who believed that particularly if the southern capital fell, the conflict would soon end. In fact a year earlier, A.W. Venable of Granville County, North Carolina declared that he would wipe of every drop of blood shed in the war with "this handkerchief of mine." Naive words. In his most vivid and terrible nightmares, he never dreamed of two days like April 6th and 7th, 1862. Neither had an entire nation. Two horrific days that churned and burned near a river landing and a little Methodist church built for the Prince Of Peace. Two bloody days that served as a national wake up call; a call that announced the sobering reality of how terrible civil war would truly be. This is the story of those two days. This is the story of the Battle of Shiloh.----more---- Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:  Don Carlos Buell Ulysses S. Grant Willie Lincoln Albert Sidney Johnston Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard Braxton Bragg William H.L. Wallace William T. Sherman Benjamin M. Prentiss   Other References From This Episode:   1st day of the Battle of Shiloh: Confederate Offensive.   Second day of the Battle of Shiloh: Union Offensive. Get The Guide: Want to learn more about the Civil War? A great place to start is Fred's guide, The Civil War: A History of the War between the States from Workman Publishing. The guide is in its 9th printing.   Producer: Dan Irving

Union General George B. McClellan, who led 100,000 men and moved as fast as an iceberg, attempted to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond in a series of six different battles along the Virginia Peninsula from June 25 to July 1, 1862). Confederate General Robert E. Lee drove back McClellan’s Union forces from a position 4 miles (6 km) east of the Confederate capital to a new base of operations at Harrison’s Landing on the James River.

In early 1862 the Union Army launched a major operation in southeastern Virginia, the first large-scale offensive in the Eastern Theater. Lincoln replaced McDowell with George B. McClellan as commander. He reorganized the army, whipped it into shape, and also renamed it the Army of the Potomac. The goal was to roll over the Confederacy. The Rebels were not about to let that happen.

About this episode:  Fredericksburg, Virginia was a little town with a long history. It was here that a young George Washington roamed. And, there were others of national fame who once made this locale home; John Paul Jones and James Monroe. But during civil war, its location made it, some 51 miles north of Richmond and 52 miles south of Washington City, a military target. On November 7, 1862, some forty miles or so to the northwest, there was an event that, when played out, would put Fredericksburg squarely in the cross-hairs of civil war. This is the story of the Battle Of Fredericksburg and the shared winter of 1862-'63.----more---- Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:  George B. McClellan Ambrose E. Burnside Henry Halleck Joseph Hooker Robert E. Lee John Gibbon John Pelham Jeb Stuart     Other References From This Episode: Fredericksburg Battlefield Rappahannock River   Get The Guide: Want to learn more about the Civil War? A great place to start is Fred's guide, The Civil War: A History of the War between the States from Workman Publishing. The guide is in its 9th printing.   Producer: Dan Irving

We reprise the story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition with Historian Hal Stearns. Recorded at Fort Clatsop near Astoria, Oregon, it gives a detailed narrative overview of that incredible explorative journey. But first Mark responds to a comment from a listener about General George B. McClellan; then as an added attraction, we close with a short history quiz and prize for the first with correct answers.

Union General George B. McClellan, who led 100,000 men and moved as fast as an iceberg, attempted to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond in a series of six different battles along the Virginia Peninsula from June 25 to July 1, 1862). Confederate General Robert E. Lee drove back McClellan’s Union forces from a position 4 miles (6 km) east of the Confederate capital to a new base of operations at Harrison’s Landing on the James River.

We conclude our coverage of the 1864 election by talking about the general election pitting our hero Abraham Lincoln against General George B. McClellan.

In early 1862 the Union Army launched a major operation in southeastern Virginia, the first large-scale offensive in the Eastern Theater. Lincoln replaced McDowell with George B. McClellan as commander. He reorganized the army, whipped it into shape, and also renamed it the Army of the Potomac. The goal was to roll over the Confederacy. The Rebels were not about to let that happen.

Stephan Cushman, Robert C. Taylor Professor of English at the University of Virginia, presents on the effects of General George B. McClellan's campaign across the Virginia peninsula in 1862.

J. Matthew Gallman, professor of history at the University of Florida, discusses how General George B. McClellan's personal endorsement of George W. Woodward for governor of Pennsylvania in 1863 affected more than just his political career.

About this episode:  This is the story of the Battle of Sharpsburg, of Antietam, the bloodiest single day in the history of this nation. It was an engagment that moved popular historian Bruce Catton to write that September 17, 1862 was a day of sheer, unadulterated violence. ----more---- Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:  Bruce Catton George B. McClellan General Edmund Kirby-Smith Braxton Bragg Charles Francis Adams Jefferson Davis James Longstreet D.H. Hill Joseph Hooker     Other References From This Episode   Sharpsburg, Maryland Harper's Ferry Antietam Battle Map Featured Below:   Landscape Turned Red: The Battle Of Antietam    Antietam: The Photographic Legacy Of America's Bloodiest Day Get The Guide: Want to learn more about the Civil War? A great place to start is Fred's guide, The Civil War: A History of the War between the States from Workman Publishing. The guide is in its 9th printing.   Producer: Dan Irving

About this episode:  It's been written that Helen of Troy possessed "the face that launched a thousand ships." Well, may I introduce to you Ellen Marcy McClellan, the wife of Union MG George Brinton McClellan, who launched thousands of words. Her husband wrote to her daily, and through his letters, we know so much more than, perhaps, he ever intended for us to know.  Excerpts of more than 250 of his letters to her were included by Geroge McClellan's literary executor, William C. Prime, in his biographical work McClellan's Own Story which was published in 1887-two years after the general's death. Prime wanted to honor McClellan-to tell his side of the story. However, the biographer's work reopened old wounds and damaged, forever, McClellan's military reputation. This is the story of the brilliant yet controversial "Young Napoleon"...the Union's "Little Mac."  ----more---- Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:  George B. McClellan MG John Pope William C Prime Irvin McDowell BJ John Porter Hatch Charles S. Stewart Ellen Marcy McClellan     Other References From This Episode   McClellan's Own Story      Get The Guide: Want to learn more about the Civil War? A great place to start is Fred's guide, The Civil War: A History of the War between the States from Workman Publishing. The guide is in its 9th printing.   Producer: Dan Irving

In which we look at the story behind President Abraham Lincoln relieving Major General George B. McClellan from command of the Army of the Potomac in November, 1862.

The Battle of Fredericksburg was perhaps the worst defeat for the Union Army in the Virginia Theater of the Civil War, which is saying quite a bit. Certainly, it was one of the worst performances by a Union General, as the day saw a series of odd strategic choices from General Ambrose Burnside. Burnside had been named commander of the Army of Northern Virginia after General George B. McClellan refused to follow-up his victory at Antietam with a pursuit of General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Forces. So Burnside began his command by trying to outmarch Lee and cross the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg, Virginia. Instead, he was stalled out waiting for pontoon bridges to make his crossing, and Lee fortified on heights above the town. In a series of charges, the Union continually faced an army on superior ground, with heavy guns, and in position to fire on them. The Union troops stood little chance, and most of the Battle of Fredericksburg was a slaughter. Although it was an embarrassing and overwhelming defeat for the Union, it would also prove the lowpoint from which the Union would begin to move on from to eventual victory.

  Coachings für Führungskräfte   Aus Fehlern lernt man – am besten ist es dabei natürlich, wenn andere diese Fehler machen. Du musst nicht selbst in jedes Fettnäpfchen treten, um deine Lehre daraus zu ziehen und es das nächste Mal besser zu machen. Oft reicht schon ein Blick auf andere Führungskräfte und auch in die Geschichte, um Schlimmeres zu vermeiden. Wir haben daher recherchiert und die 5 häufigsten Fehler von Führungskräften anhand eines besonders prominenten Beispiels aus der Geschichte für dich gefunden. Diese solltest du dir genau ansehen, um es selbst besser zu machen. Los geht´s!   Der große Abraham Lincoln und sein General   Abraham Lincoln amtierte als 16. Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika von 1861 bis 1865. Er gilt heute als einer der bedeutendsten Präsidenten der USA und ist vielen ein leuchtendes Beispiel für starke Führung, Integrität und visionäres Denken sowie Handeln. Seine Präsidentschaft war gekennzeichnet durch den amerikanischen Sezessionskrieg sowie die Abschaffung der Sklaverei, die Lincoln entschieden vorantrieb. Mit seinem Wirken legte Abraham Lincoln den Grundstein für den Aufstieg der USA zur Weltmacht im 20. Jahrhundert. Kurz: In den vier Jahren seiner Regierung hatte Lincoln wesentlichen Einfluss auf die Herausbildung der USA, wie wir sie heute kennen. Am 14. April 1865 wurde Abraham Lincoln Opfer eines Schussattentates, das von einem Sympathisanten der Konföderierten verübt wurde. Heute wird Abraham Lincoln unisono als einer der wichtigsten Präsidenten in der Geschichte der USA gesehen und nicht zuletzt wegen seiner integren Persönlichkeit bewundert. Betrachtet man das Wirken dieses Präsidenten jedoch etwas eingehender, kommen durchaus Fehler in seiner Führung zutage. Einer der größten davon war die Wahl der falschen Vertrauenspersonen. Unter diesen sticht besonders General George B. McClellan hervor. Was dieser falsch gemacht hat, wollen wir uns nun genauer ansehen. General George B. McClellan war Kommandeur der Potomac Armee und später General-in-Chief der Union Army. McClellan offenbarte bereits früh zahlreiche Charakterschwächen, die letztendlich nicht nur dazu führten, dass er nicht nur seinen Job sowie das Vertrauen des Präsidenten verlor, sondern auch dazu, dass der US-amerikanische Bürgerkrieg in die Länge gezogen wurde, was zehntausenden von Soldaten das Leben kostete.   McClellans Charakterschwächen sind deutliche Hinweise darauf, dass es sich bei ihm um einen schlechten Leader handelte – was sich schließlich auch auf ganzer Linie bewahrheitete. Diese Rückschlüsse lassen sich natürlich auch auf andere Menschen mit den gleichen Charakterzügen übertragen. Umo aufschlussreicher ist es daher, sich mit General McClellan genauer auseinanderzusetzen.   Fehler Nummer 1: Zögern, endlich konkrete Schritte zu setzen   Leader müssen konkrete Schritte setzen – und wissen, wann der richtige Zeitpunkt für diese ist oder ob es diesen gar nicht gibt. General McClellan verharrte hingegen ständig in Vorbereitungen, sodass er zahlreiche Gelegenheiten, den Feind angzugreifen, einfach verstreichen ließ. Letzten Endes entließ Präsident Lincoln ihn mit den berühmten Worten: “If General McClellan does not want to use the army, I would like to borrow it for a time.” Enough said. Ewiges Prokrastinieren ist auch heute eines der größten Probleme schlechter Leader. Damit Visionen und Ideen Realität werden können, muss irgendwann der erste Schritt gesetzt werden – und das besser heute als morgen, denn: Den hundertprozentig richtigen Zeitpunkt gibt es sowieso nicht. Nicht umsonst heißt es, dass Perfektionismus die Mutter aller Prokrastination ist. Die Kunst des Loslegens ist daher eine der wichtigsten Leadership-Qualitäten überhaupt. Oder um es mit den WortenSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=2PU5W9H752VZJ&source=url)

In which we discuss George B. McClellan's arrival in Washington in July of 1861, and his taking command of the defeated & demoralized force that would become the Union's famed Army of the Potomac.

On July 11, 2012, Gary W. Gallagher delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "More Important Than Gettysburg: The Seven Days Campaign as a Turning Point." Ever since the Civil War ended, it has been a popular pastime to look for dramatic turning points in that conflict. For many, the battle of Gettysburg represents the great event that tipped the balance toward the North. Key political, diplomatic, social, and military issues, however, were at stake in the summer of 1862 as Robert E. Lee and George B. McClellan faced off in the Seven Days Battles. Gary W. Gallagher argues that Lee's victory had a profound effect on the conflict and that perhaps the series of battles waged on the Virginia Peninsula should be regarded as a major turning point of the war. Dr. Gallagher is a professor of history at the University of Virginia. His most recent book is "The Union War." This lecture is cosponsored with the Richmond National Battlefield Park and The American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar. (Introduction by Paul Levengood and Dave Ruth) The content and opinions expressed in these presentations are solely those of the speaker and not necessarily of the Virginia Museum of History & Culture.