McClellan's Own Story
Subtitle: The War for the Union; The Soldiers Who Fought It and The Civilians Who Directed It
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: July 25, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 694
ISBN-13: 9780548015018
Subjects: Historical - U.S.; Military; United States - Civil War; Biography & Autobiography / Military; Biography & Autobiography : Historical - U.S.; History : United States - Civil War; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography
First sentence: WHEN the occurrences at Fort Sumter in April, 1861, aroused the nation to some appreciation of the gravity of the situation, I was engaged in civil life as president of the Eastern Division of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, having resigned my commission as a captain of cavalry in January, 1857.