The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1885-11-04

tain of artillery. he was i member OF
the military commission 70 vI>i1 the
seat OF war in the Crimcl. lie re-
signed his commission June 10. 1857,
to take the post of chief engineer OF
the Illinois Central railroad, ot which
he was chosen wee president III 1888
and in 1860 he became pTe~tdent OF
the St. LOUIS and Cinci"h.ti rail-
road.
At the opening Of tie c'>i' war he
was commissioned a. an. jor General
of Ohio volunteers, and VA, placed
in command of the depar'ment of
the Ohio, comprising tie sizes OF
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois aul ~ west
ern portions of Pennsylvania and
Virginia. He was made n1aior gen.
eral IN the regular army Nav II,
1861, and commanded in several
engagements in western Virginia,
which resulted in clearing that region
OF the confederate forces, for which
he received on July * the thanks OF
congress. On July 22,the day after
the federal defeat at Bull Run. he
was summoned to Washington, and
was placed in command OF the
division OF the Potomac, and shortly
after of the army of the Potomac.
Upon the retirement of General
Scott (Ncvember y he was appoint
ed general-ln chief OF the armies of
the United States. He took the field
in March, 1862, and having in the
mean time been relieved OF the com
mand OF all the forces except the
army of the Potomac, he set out for
the peninsula of Virginia, and laid
siege 10 Yorktown, which was aband-
oned by the confedcrateS as soon as
his batteries opened fire. The re-
treating confederates under General
!. E. Johnston made a stand at Will
llamsburg (May 5) long enough to
enable their trains to get off, and
tell back toward Richmond.
Mcclellan moving slowly, reached
the ChickahomIny about May 70,
and opened the campaign against
Richmond, which was brought to a
virtual close BY the battle of Malvern
Hill (July y, after which he tell
back to Harrlson's landing. where
he -entrenched himself. Genera
Halleck, having in the meanwhile
been made general-In-chief. ordered
Mcclellan august 24) to return
with his whole army to Fortress
| Monroe and Yorktown. General
Lee, almost simultaneously, moved
from Richmond to threaten General
Pope, who had been placed IN COM
mand of the Union forces in north
ern Virginia.
The result was the defeat of Pope
at Bull Run, August 20, 30. Pope
at his own request, was relieved
from the command of the forces a
and about Washington, which wa'
! conferred upon Mcclellan. The
contederates then undertook the in
vaslon Of Maryland. which wa.
brought to a close by the battle ot
Antietam, September I6, II. The,
then crossed the Potomac and fel
leisurelv back toward the Rapidan.
Great dissatisfaction was felt al
the slowness with which Mcclellan
! followed them, and on November >,
when he appeared to be making
/ preparations for an attack IN force
the was superseded IN command b,
General Burnside. Mcclellan wa
directed to proceed to Trenton, \
/ l., there to await further orders. anl
| he took no further part iii war.
The democratic national conven
ton, held IN Chicago, August Al.
1861. nominated him for the presi
deEcv. He received only the TWEEN
ty-one ELECTORAL votes OF the states
OF Delaware. Kentucky and \e,,
Jersey, the remaining eIc ELECTORAL
votes admitted being cast for Abra