The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-04
THANK God, 1 Have Pulled Through. /
Am Now Feeling Relieved" and Then
Fell Back Dead-Action of the Gov
ernment-Condolent Letters.

home near this city, of neuralgia of the
heart. He has for the past two weeks suf.
| cred occasionally from pains at the heart
He felt in good spirits, and with hi:
wife and daughter visited friends in the
neighborhood. On his return to his home
he ate heartily and spent the evening in
conversation with his wife and daughter,
AT IL o'clock the pains returned. Sc
severe We're they that a messenger was
dispatched on horseback to the generals
| physician.
The physician arrived, and for four hours
endeavored to give him relief His efforts
were unsuccessful. At $40 a. M the suf-
ferer sighed, smiled and said .sTbank God
l have pulled through. l am now feeling
| relieved" A moment latter he raised him.
self up on one hand, opened his eyes, looked
about the room, and fell back dead. 1t il
not yet settled when the funeral will tax,
place. Gen March, his father in-law, will
arrange for the details of the funeral.
George Brinton Mcclellan, an American
soldier and engineer, born in Philadelphia,
December 3, 1926. lie studied at the uni
| versity of Pennsylvania, and in 1872 entered
| the military ACADEMY of West Point, where
he graduated second IN his class in 1916 and
was assigned TO duty as brevet second lieu
| tenant IN the corps of engine ers. He served
with distinction during the Mexican war and
was successfully breyeted as first lieutenant
and captain. In 1872 he was assistant en-
| glneer in the construction of Fort Delaware
IN 1852 chief engineer in the department of
Texas, having in charge the surveys of the
| coasts of that state; in 1854 engineer for
the exploration and survey of the western
| division of the proposed Pacific railroad, and
IN 1854 he was on special service in collect
| ing railroad statistics for the war depart
ment- In 1866, having been made captain
| Of artillery, he was member of the mill
tary commission to visit the seat of war in
the Crimea. He resigned his commission
! June Is, 1887, to take the post of chief en-
| gineer of the Illinois Central railrod, of
which he was chosen vice president in 1858;
| and IN 1860 be became president of the ST.
Louis a. Cincinnati railroad. AT the open
ing of the civil war he was commissioned as
| major general of Ohio volunteers, and was
placed in command of the depart
ment of the Ohio, comprising the
states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and the
western portions of Pennsylvania and Vir-
ginia. He was made major general in the
regular army May Ia, 1861, and commanded
In several engagements in Western Virginia,
which resulted in clearing that region of
the Confederate forces, for which he re-
ceived on July 10 the thanks of congress-
On July %, the day after the Federal de.
| feat at Bull Run, he was summoned to
Washington, and was placed in command of
| the division of the Potomac, aud shortly
after of the army of the Potamac.
Upon the retirement of Gen. Scott NO
|
of the armies of the United States. He took
| the field in March, 1S62, and having in the
meantime been relieved of the command of
all the forces except the Army of the Po-
| tomac, he set out for the peninsula of Vir-
| ginia and laid siege to Yorktown, which
was abandoned by the Confederates as
| soon as his batteries were ready to
open fire. The retreatiDg Confederates.
! under j. Z. Johnston, made q stand at Will
| iiamsburg May s. long enough to enable
| to of fall ard
Richmond. Mcclellan, moving slowly,
| reached the Chicahominy about May 20,
and opened the campaign against Richmond,
| which was brought to a virtual close by the
battle of Malvern hill July l., after which he
| fell back to Harrison's landing, where
| he iEtrenched himself. Gen. Halleck, hav-
ing in the meanwhile been made general-in-
| chief, ordered McClelland august 24 to re-
| turn with his army to Fortress Monroe and
| Yorktown. Gen. Lee almost simultaneously
moved from Richmond to threaten Gen.
| Pope, who had been placed in command of
the Union forces in northern Virginia. The
result was the defeat of Pope at Bull Run,
| August 1920.
Pope, at his Swn request, was relieved
| from his command of the forces at and
| about Washington, which was conferred
upon Mcclellan. The Confederates then I'M
dertook the invasion of Mary land, which
was brought to a close by the battle Antie-
tam, September 16, II. They then crossed
the Potomac and fell leisurely back toward
the Rapidan. Great dissatisfaction was
felt at the slowness with which Mcclellan
followed them, and on November T. when he
appeared to be making Preparations
was superseded in command by
Gen. Burnside. Mcclellan was directed to
proceed to Trenton, N. j., there to await
orders, and took no further part in the war.
The Democratic National convention held at
Chicago August 20, 1854, nominated him fol-
the presidency. He received only the twenty
one electoral votes of the states of Delaware,
Kentucky and New Jersey, the remaining
212 electoral votes admitted being cast fol-
Abraham Lincoln. OF the popular vote
2,2l3,665 Ia little more than So pei
cent? were cast for Lincoln, and
l,S02, 237 "a little less than rs per cent? fol-
Mcclellan. The latter resigned his com
ton, November 4, 1874, took up his residence
in New York, and afterward went to Eu
rope In 1868 he returned from Europe and
took up his residence near Orange, N. j.
and engaged in practice as an engineer
BY the will of Mr.. Edwin A. Stevens hi
was placed in charge of the Stevens floating
battery which had for number of years beer
inscourse of construction at Hoboken. III,
| was also mads superintendent of the rail
, way bridge over the Hudson river, neal
Poughkeepsie, N. Y, and superintendent o
docks and piers in the city of New York
: but resigned the latter office in 1873. He ha
J translated from the French "A Manuel o
Bayonet Exercises adapted for the use 0
the United States army QS52), and written
volume of the government reports of tn
ssPacific Rairord Surveys 1854, volum
? of the reports of the European commission
: ''The Armies of Europe &c, printed b
order of congress QS6D, and Report on tn
> Organization and Campaigns of the Arm
of the Potomac