The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-30
DEATH OF MCCLELLAN.
ANOTHER VETERAN OF THE WAR
CALLED AWAY
Gsn. G. e. Mcclellan Passes to His
Eternal Rest, in the Watches
al the alight.
The Golden Coed Ernl4e.I without Wara'
ing and with fonc If i.i' trinnds .
at Ills Er,iside- i;rirf scannut
ui an Es.utiui tiic.

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the heart. Governor Abbott, of Now j or
sey, has been officially notiliei. and ha, sent
Gen Plume, commanding officer of tho
National guarl of the stata Of Nav Jersey,
with letter OF confidence to Mrs. Me
Clelan Gen Plume will also con nit her
as to the funeral, whether 1t siIall bt puhlic
or private, and on that the governor VIII
act Governor Albeit will sue n procla-
nation
None of his friends wero at hi bedside
when he hrcathel his last.
The ne ws OF his sudden and unexpected
death spread rapidly and craatel IL profound
sensation
Gen Mcclellan has for the past two weeks
suffered occasionally from pains at the
heart Wednesday he felt in good spirits
and with his wife and daughter visited
friends in the neishborhood. Before re-
turnin. to his HON, he mads an appoint
ment with gentleman to meet him Thurs
day morning at II o'clock. On his return
to bis homo he ats heartily and spent
the evening in conversation with his wife
and daughter, retiring at ~ o'clock. AT IL
O'clock the pains returned. SO severe were
they that II mo ,senger was dI-pitched on
horseback to the generaP, physician. The
physician at once came and for four hours
enieavorei to give him relef. His efforts
were successful
At $40 a. m. tho suffererer sighsd smiled
and said: "Thank Col | have pulled
through An now toeling relieved.
A moment later he raised him ELF up on one
hand, opsneI his eyes, looked about the
room and fell back dead. 1t is not yet set
tied when the funeral will take place. Gen
Marcy his father-in-law, will arrange the
details of the funeral.
NEW GoES Oct. 81. When the news of
tho death Of Gen. Me CIetian was announced,
tho flags over the government buildings and
duwn-to wn bankz and insurance ttliIe5 were
lowered in respect to his memory.
lGeorge Brinton Mcclellan was bora in
Philadelphia, Doc ), 1896 He stu died at
the university of Pennsylvania, and in 1872
entered the military academy ut West
Point, where he graduated second i'll his
ca,s in 1876. and was assigned to duty as
brevet second lieutenant in the corps of
engineers. lie served with distinction
dui ing tho Mexican war, and was success.
lively hreveted Il, first lieutenant and cap.
tain, In 1872 he was assistant engineer
in the construction of Fort Dela ware; In
.S52-3, chief eng ineer OF the department of
Texas having in chargeth Q surveys of the
coasts of that state; in 1861, engineer for
the exploration ami survey of tho western
division of the proposed Pncilic railroad,
and in lo5l-5 he was on special service In
collecting railroad statistics for tho war
member of the military commission
to visit the seat of war in the Crimea. He
ro,iened his commits iion Juno IT, 1857, to
take tho post or chlef engineer or the HI
moi, Central railroad, oi which he was
chosen vice president in 1873; and in 1860
became president of the st Louis x Cincin-
-aati railrnnd.
At the opening of the civil war hs was
commissioned ma jor general of Ohio
u. .,lu command II
tho department Of the Oaio, comprising ths
states Of Ohio Indiana Illinois, AMI
tho western portion of Ponn~ylvania
nd Virginia He was made ma general
il the regular army May IA, 1861, AMI COM
III n,ied in several engagements in western
Virginia which resulted in clearing that
re- zion Of the Confederate forces for which
he received, on July IL, the thanks of con-
Federal dofeat at Bull Run he was sum.
nonel TO Warrington and placed i'll com,
mand of the division of the Potomac, aul
shortly after of the army OF the Potomac.
Upon the retirement OF ten So1tt Nov. l,
no was appointed general-in-chiaf Of the
ermies of the United States.
He took the field in March, 1869, AMI hav
ing in the meantima been relieved of the
command of all tho forces except the army
Of the Potomac he set out for tho peninsula
which was abandoned by the Confederates
as soon ms his batteries were ready to open
fire. The retreating Contederates, under j.
Il. Johnston, made a stand at Williamsburg,
Nav B. long enough to enable their trains to
get oif. and fell back toward Richmond.
Mcclellan moving slowly, reached the
Chickahoming about May -, and opened the
campaign against Richmonl which was
brought to virtual close by the battle of
Malvern iiiil July ], after which he feli
back to llarrisun's Landing, where he IN
trenched himself. Gen. Halleck, having in
the msanwhilc bsen made general-in-thief,
ordered Mcclellan, on Aug; ~, t, return
with his wGulo array to Fortress NJ mroa
and Yorktown. Gen. Lee, almost simu!-
taue usly, moved from Richmond to
threaten Gen Pcre, who hal been ig!acel III
command Cf tho Union forces In northern
Virginia 1hs re ,uit vas tia da.eIr of
Pope at Bull Run, Aug ~ and 81. pape
at his own request wa relieved from tho
command of tho forces at AMI about Wa h.
ington, which was conferred upon Mc-
Clellan.
The Confederates then undertook to in
wade Mary lani. which was brought 10 a
close by the battle of Antietam, Sept 10
and IL They then crossed ths Potomac
and fell leiiurely back toward the RapiIan.
Great dissatisfaction was felt at the slow
ness with which Mcclellan followed them
and on Nov. Z, when he appeared to be
making preparations for an attack in force,
he was superseded in command by Gen
Burnside. Mcclellan was directed to pr o.
coed to Trenton, N. T., there to await fur
war.
The Democratic national convention, held
at Chicago, Aug. 81, 1854, nominated him
for the presidency. He received only the
2l electoral votes of the states of Delaware
Kentucky, and New jersey, the remaining
2l2 votes admitted being cast for Abraham
Lincoln OF the popular vote 2,2,3,O Ia
little more than So per cent? were cast for
Lincoln, and /, Si2, 754 "a little less than 45
per cent? for Mcclellan. Tho latter re-
signed his commission in the army on the
his residence in New York, and after ward
went to Europe. In 1868 lie returned from
Europe and took up his residence near
Orange, n. j.. and engaged in practice as an
engineer.
By the will of hr. Edwin A. Stevens he
was placed in charge of the Stevens floating
battery, which for number of years had
been in the course of contraction ct Hobo
ken He was also made superintendent of
the construction of the railway bridge over
the Hudson river at Poughkeepse, N. ",
and supsrinte udelt of docks and piers
in the city of Now York, but re-
signed the latter office in ls'S He ha;
translated from the French "A Manual OF
Bayonet Exercises" adapted for the uss
Of the United States army us53, aud writ
ten volume of the government reports OF
"The Pacific Railway Surveys 1854, g
volume OF the reports of the European com
mission. "The Armies Of Europe" etc
printed by order of congress 1S6D and
Report on the Organization and Campaigns
Of the Army Of the Potomac" nSG4,.
The canvass made by Gen. Mcclellan in
is7a, for the governorship of New Jersey
ani his election to that office, brought him