The bronze statue is tall. It depicts McClellan dressed in his Union Army military uniform, including gauntlets, a hat, sash and sword, while riding a horse. He is holding the horse's reins with the left hand while the right hand is placed on his hip. The granite pedestal, which measures tall and long, rests on a base measuring long and wide. Near the top of the pedestal are eight shield-shaped emblems noting Civil War battles McClellan led: Antietam, Fair Oaks, Gaines's Mill, Malvern Hill, Mechanicsville, South Mountain, Williamsburg and Yorktown. On the east and west sides of the pedestal are bronze reliefs composed of cannons, eagles, flags and swords. A bronze oak and laurel garland runs along the base of the pedestal between bronze eagles on each corner.