The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-06

In 1852 he was assistant engineer in the con- .
struction of Fort Delaware; in 1925
chief engineer in the department OF
Texas, having charge Oh tns SUI he
was engineer for the exploration ah9
survey Of the Western division or the PROPOSED
Pacific railroad; in 1919 he was detaiieu 20
collect railroad statistics for the war depart
ment. In 1855 he was appointed to a captaincy
in the artillery, and was sent to the Crlihea
during the war Of the allied powers against
Russia to observe military operations anu re-
mort uDon them. On June 16, 1897, he resigned
his commission in the army TO take the post OF
! chief engineer of the Illinois Central rallIodu'
of which he was chosen vice president IN Iooo.
In 1860 he was made president of the st. Louis
& Cincinnati railroad. When the civil war broke
out he was commissioned MAJOR geheral OF
Ohio volunteers and was placed IN command
OF the department of the ONO, comprising
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and the western portions
Of Virginia and Pennsylvania. ON May -,
1851, he became major general IN the regular
army and operated successfully IN Western VIZ
giuia, where, after several engagements ne
cleared that region of Confederate troops, anu
received the thanks of congress for his services
on July Is. On July %, 1861, after the deteat
of the Union army at Bull Run, he was sum
mOued to Washington and placed IN colnInanu
Of the division of the Potomac, and subsequently,
Of the army Of the Potomac. On Nov. l. AFTER
the retirement of Gen. Scott, he became general
in-Chiet Of the armies of the United States:
In 1862 he began the operations against h!ch-
mond, approaching from Yorktown. Inc G0u-
federates ret lated before hlm' staH thaiS
long enough at Williamsburg TO get tnelr
trains off though the mud, ana tnen
fell back toward Richmond. Gen. NC
Clellan, against great natural oOstacles' mover
slowly to the ChiCkahOminy, reaching IHdt
stream on May 20. After six weeks, the cam
paiGn against Richmond closed with the pIIQ4qy
battle of Malvern Hill, Mcclellan then being
Obliged to fall back, not having received sum-
Cient reinfOrCementT and being by
the Confederates. Mcclellan had to bear the
blunt Of all the disappointment engendered by
the failure TO 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 HalleCk superseded him as general-in-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
resulted in the immediate march Of Gen. Lee TO
Northern Virginia, where he defeated Gen Pope
at Bull Run on the last DAYS Of August. Nc
Clellan was then placed in nina / OF the forces
at and about Washington, and on Sept. To ana
II he hurled back the Confederate advance IN
Maryland by the well fought battle Of Antictanl.
Gen. Mcclellan was severely Censured for not
following the retreattng enemy more rapidly,
although he was moving as fast as his facilities
permitted. Just as he was about to carry out
his well conceived plan for an attack in fore e
was superseded in command by Gen. Burnsi-2,
and sent TO Trenton, n. j., to await orders.
There he was shelved, and took no further
part in the war. In 1864 the Democratic
national convention met in a large building, ex-
pressiy constructed for it at a cost of $4,000,
on the lake front in Chicago, and on Aug. %
nominated George B. Mcclellan of New Jersey
for president, and George H. Pendleton Of Ohio
for vice president, on a platform which declared
that it waE the sense of the American people
that after four years of failure to restore the
Union by wal, !uring which the constitution
had been violated in all its parts under the plea
of military necessity, a cessation Of hOstilities
ought to be obtained. Thus committed to the
declaration that the war was a failure, the ticket
was doomed; thousands of doubtful votes went
to the support of the Republican candidates
and made their success absolutely certain. In
November, 1854, 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
Europe. In 1868 he returned and went 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
since been engaged on various important works,
and has contributed largely to military and en-
cheering literature, notably his Manuel OF
Bayonet ExerCise," Pacific Railroad Surveys"
Armies of Europe" and Report on the Cam
paign 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. H. NJ. Rice on Summit avenue
at one time. .