New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-11-04

Ohio, Indiana, Illinois sd the western portinn8
ISL be becsm na meior .sne = "a the nsy
army and oDerated successfully In Western Vn-
g1nla, wheres after several engagements. he
received the thanks Of congress Tor his ssrvices
on July 10. On July % 1861. after the defeat
OF the Union army ut Bull Run. he was SUM
OF the division Of the Potomac, and subsequently
OF the army Of the Potomae en- Nov. ], after
the retirement Of Gen. Scott. he became general
m-cllef CT the armies OF the United States
In 1862 he began the operations against Rich
mond, approaching from Yorktown. The Com
federates retreated before him, standing
long enough at williamsburg 10 get their
trains Of through the mud. and then
fell back toward Richmond Gen Nc
Clellan, against great natural obstacles. moved
slowly to the Chickahominy. reaching that
palgn against Richmond closed with the BLOODY
battle of Malvern Hill. Mcclellan then being
ob.lged to fall back, not having received suth-
Gent reinforcements and being ontrumbered by
the Confederates Mcclellan had tn bear the
blunt Of all the disappointment engendered by
the failure 20 enter and capture the rebel capital
and Gen Halleck superseded him as general-in-
chief. Mcclellan was ordered to take his
whole army to Fortress Monroe and York
town This withdrawal of the Union forces
Northern Virginia, where he defeated Gen Pope
at Bull Run on the last DAYS of August. Nc
Cieilan was then placed in command of the forces
~ he hurled back the Confederate advance in
MARYLAND by the well fought battle Of Antietam.
Gen. Mcclellan was severely censurei for not
following the retreat1ng enemy more RAPIDLY.
although he was moving az fast as his facilities
permitted Just as he was about to carry ont
his well conceived plan for az attack in force he
was superseded In command by Gen Burnside,
and sent to Trenton. n. J., to await orders.
There he was shelyed, and took no further
part IN the war. In 1864 the Democratic
national convention met in large building. ex-
pressiy constructed for it at cost OF SIC. 900,
on the lake front in Chicago, and ON Aug. %
nominated George B. Mcclellan of New Jersey
for president. and George 81. Pendleton Of OHIO
for vice president. on platform which declared
that 1t was the sense of the American people
that after four years of failure to restore the
Union by war. during which the constitution
had been violated in all its parts under the plea
OF military necessity. cessation Of hostiliries
ought to be obtained Thus committed to the
declaration that the war was failure, the ticket
to the support of the Republican candidates
and made their success absolutely certain. In
November. 1864. Republican electors were
chosen by all the states NOT in rebellion, except
New jersey, Delaware and Kentucky.
Gen. Mcclellan resigned his commission in
the army on the day of the election, and went
to New York to live, whence he proceeded to
Orange, n J., to live, and engaged in practice as
an engineer. There. in 1877, he was elected
governor OF New Jersey for three years. He has
and has contributed largely to military and en-
gineerlng literature, notably his Manuel of
Bayonet Exercise. !" Pacific Railroad Surveys"
Armies of Europe" and Report on the Cam
pa1gn of the Army of the Potomac" He has
also contributed valuable articles to mag
azines. His literary style is attractive
and interesting. Soon after the war Gen. Nc
Clellan married Miss Nellie Marcy, daughter OF
Gen. Randolph Marcy. He was attracted by
her grace and beauty at church, as she knelt at
prayer at a service in Baltimore. and sought an
early Introduction. Gen. Marcy and his family
once lived in st. Paul. the general occupying the
residence of Hon. II. n. Rice on Summit avenue
at one time.