lincoln replaced mcclellan with burnside. mcclellan's version of the facts notwithstanding, he deflected vain and vaingloriously accepted the nomination of the democratic party and held onto his military commission until election day november 8th. following his decisive defeat, mcclellan wrote to lincoln as he sailed off to europe, it would have been gratifying to me to have retired from the service with the knowledge that i still retained the ap probation of your excellency. mcclellan failed to carry even a majority of the soldiers' vote and forfeited the confidence and kind feeling of his former commander in chief. even if lincoln had hoped to maintain charity toward all, the parlor politics of washington would not allow mcclellan's rehabilitation. ellen marcie mcclellan did not exactly retreat from the field. she never even took up arms. she was outperformed, outplayed by old hands at the washington party politics game. mary lincoln's sad fate will doubtless be a part of the lincoln forum's commemorations last year as her

lincoln replaced mcclellan with burnside. mcclellan's version of the facts notwithstanding, he deflected vain and vaingloriously accepted the nomination of the democratic party and held onto his military commission until election day november 8th. following his decisive defeat, mcclellan wrote to lincoln as he sailed off to europe, it would have been gratifying to me to have retired from the service with the knowledge that i still retained the ap probation of your excellency. mcclellan failed to carry even a majority of the soldiers' vote and forfeited the confidence and kind feeling of his former commander in chief. even if lincoln had hoped to maintain charity toward all, the parlor politics of washington would not allow mcclellan's rehabilitation. ellen marcie mcclellan did not exactly retreat from the field. she never even took up arms. she was outperformed, outplayed by old hands at the washington party politics game. mary lincoln's sad fate will doubtless be a part of the lincoln forum's commemorations last year as her

and when the mcclellans were on a visit to chicago and she was 25 mcclellan asked ellen for her hand and was accepted. the couple were married in may 1860. and by all accounts remained devoted. however, ellen's temperament did not include the need to advertise and promote her husband's talents. she knew he was quite a self-promoter on his own. achieving the rank of major general by the age of 34, consolidating power by becoming the first commander of the army of the potomac in july 1861. when winfield scott retired in november 1861 mcclellan insisted to lincoln that i can do it all. within months it became clear that he could not. and his contempt for lincoln became exaggerated as in private, he berated his commander in chief as nothing more than a well-meaning baboon. which very much reminds us of how political campaigns in the 19th century are perhaps not so different from the 21st. open mike time. by july of 1862 salmon chase and his daughter were campaigning actively to have mcclellan removed. yet lincoln offered the general yet another chance to prove himself. and tetum became h

and, in fact, they predicted universally that mcclellan would win. they did not see a loss coming at all. they lived in a world of -- i wouldn't say -- well, i would describe it as magical thinking. i don't know that they were delusional, quite, but magical thinking, i think, really describes their mindset. the war democrats, i think, are quicker to recognize that they have a big problem on their hands. they continue to support their man mcclellan because they will, but people who had initially been enthusiastic about this plank who were more moderate, who tended to be in the war democratic camp rather than the peace democrat camp, moved back into the war democrat camp. they saw the writing on the wall and became more moderate again when the armies were winning. >> where in the north were the copperhead strongholds? >> so the question is where in the north were the copperhead strongholds? there are a couple ways to answer that. the first is there is a band in the lower midwest sort of along the ohio river, those states. the southern parts of indiana,

but they don't want to vote for mcclellan. and then, you know, what the democrats have said, your war effort is a failure. that becomes the official policy of the new president, if mcclellan dies in office. and i think that these soldiers saw themselves in a really difficult position in terms of deciding how to vote. and ultimately -- again, i look at that distinction between how they voted in the september and october elections, when they were fully capable of voting for lower-level candidates, and how they voted in november. these guys were not tied to the parties. they were not tied to the party platforms. ultimately, they had to decide i'm going to vote for commander in chief. i'm going to vote for the commander in chief who is going to see this war through and see through the reunion. i see union as the primary objective for the soldiers. and i also see -- you have to think about it this way too. maybe not so much what they're voting for but what they're voting against. when you look at that 78% statistic, i think that's

he was a mcclellan them. he loved mcclellan and he was a democrat all his life.so the drawdown, the stuff in texas and louisiana, at politics, it wasn't good for kuster. then he had another problem, which is frontier duty. he was not a frontier warrior. he had never been out there. he did know anything about that. he was a conventional warrior and in the classical sense. he fought the civil war, force on force battle, if you want to call it that. he faced the same problems that we faced in vietnam, afghanistan and iraq. what do you do about our insurgency? because essentially that's the kind of warfare we fought against the indians. it wasn't like fighting for the confederacy. the confederacy, they would stand up and fight you. the indians would run away and then ambush you later when you're all strong out. they have their own way of fighting but it was totally different. but well adapted to their environment. custer had a taste of this chasing mosby in northern virginia during the war. mosby's raiders come it didn't work then either. he couldn't find them and it

mcclellan. >> guest: that's right, absolutely. johnson was davison's mcclellan, that's exactly right. i guess the advantage there goes to lincoln because he got rid of mcclellan and sooner than davis got rid of johnson. >> host: during davis' presidency was he ever nationally beloved? was he a great hero of the south or did that really belong to the generals? it's my impression that davis became a beloved hero of a lost cause after the war and his long lifetime after that. he survived lincoln by 24 years. did the first love of the south during the war belonged to lee and stonewall and not jefferson davis? >> guest: yes that's true. on the other hand i don't think davis was as unpopular among the ordinary people in the confederacy as the image we might have from the newspapers and from his political enemies. he was subject to savage criticism but i think he retained a certain amount of popularity with the ordinary confederate citizens. on the three trips that he took to the deep south during the course of the war in december 1862 a

now, tom mcclellan of the mcclellan market report newsletters is on the technicals.t to us and the world. what is the hindenberg omen and what might, might it mean for stocks? >> well, it's a warning that there might be trouble ahead. it was creed by a guy names jim mika several years ago as a signal, and what you find is on the same day, if you have both new highs and new lows greater than a certain percentage, right now it's greater than 90 each and if -- if the new york composite index is in an up trend and if you have a mcclellan oscillator negative all on same day you get this hindenberg omen and it's good for 30 days but it gets invalidated any time the mcclellan oscillator goes back positive. had one of those earlier this week. got invalidated. it looks like based on the numbers that we have right now we'll getting another one. >> hasn't it been invalidated all the time? the dow and s&p continue to hit record highs? ? that's true, and it calls for trouble a lot more often than we actually have trouble. if you think about it like if you're driving down the road

at the top of the class you know, you are mcclellan, robert e. lee. they are very methodical thinkers. they know all of the theories and apply them and so forth. those at the bottom tend to be more free spirit, they tend to be more outside the box, a little bit more unorthodox because that's the kind of career that they were pursuing and that certainly was true of custer. another insight we get is his bravery because when they caught him, they called him and he would admit it and the cadet said that his bravery in the battle didn't surprise anyone that has seen him walking up with calm deliberation to the head of the section to face the instructors with a confession that he knew nothing. so he would just walk up and take it. he could have done better at the academy if you follow the rules. he had gone to the academy in michigan and performed very well when he was younger. he was actually a school teacher before he went to west point. according to his brother he was reading books all the time. not that you could tell from the library records but noneth

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contrast their success to what became of beauregard, joe johnson, george mcclellan, and many other commanders who constantly quarreled with their respective governments and thus were kept on close rein or marginalized. were shunted aside altogether. this ability to work with the president comes through clearly in the following correspondence between grant and lincoln in mid july of 1864. in my opinion, wrote the lieutenant general, there ought to be an immediate call for say 300,000 men to be put in the field in the shortest possible time. grant then specified many benefits from increasing the fighting force. finally, he summarized, the greater number of men we have, the shorter and less sanguinary will be the war. yet he did not stop but went on to make clear that -- i give this entirely as my views and not in any spirit of dictation. always holding myself in readiness to use material given to me to the best advantage i know how. the following day, the president replied. yours of yesterday about a call for 300,000 is received. i suppose you have not seen the call for 500,000 made the day bef

would mcclellan be the better choice? which candidate would bring the end to the war? at the same time that the here at atmosphere was belle grove, the environment was completely different over at fishers hill. the air at fishersville was filled -- fishers hill was probably filled with electric energy. having their last meal before they would be marching through the night to camp -- unaware -- hhere at belle grove. hundred and fifty years ago tomorrow, this landscape will are wrapped with the sounds of war. him was will set with 1000 men lying in this field. by tomorrow evening, the union the iers will return to camp here -- victorious, but solemn. what took place here has changed the course of the shenandoah valley for the rest of the war. at this place, we find the last major battle of the valley. that not only secure this quarter for the union, boosted votes for lincoln's reelection, and contributed to the end of the war. this place here, in the shenandoah valley, has significance for our local community, the commonwealth, and the nation. it affects our far-reaching

the eric williams was convicted of the 2013 murder of cynthia mcclellan. he has also been charged but not yet tried for the murders of d.a. mike mcclellan and prosecutor mark haff. >>> they are looking for a gunman that shot a meet roll bit of multiple times in the tv station parking lot. patrick crawford exchanged words with the suspect before that man pulled out a handgun and started shooting. crawford is recovering from surgery. >>> oregon authorities looking for suspect they are calling armed and dangerous. look at this man. neil panchow allegedly tossed four pipe bombs in a chase outside of portland. he took off in a silver honda civic. none of the bombs detonated. eric: the alleged boston marathon bomber is in court for the first time since he was charged with carrying out those two deadly bombings we remember at the finish line last year. 20-year-old, dzhokhar tsarnaev is appearing before a federal judge for the very last time before his trial begins next month. it was been a year-and-a-half since his last court appearance. it left three people dead

would mcclellan be the better choice? which candidate would bring the end to this war? that theme time relaxing atmosphere was here at belle grove, the environment was completely different over at fishers hill. the air at fisher's it was probably filled with electric nervous energy. the confederate army of the valley was having their last meal before they would be marching through the night to surprise the camps sitting unaware here at belle grove. 150 years ago tomorrow, this landscape will erupt with the sounds of war. the sun will set tomorrow in the valley with almost 1000 men fields withse tattered tents and camp supplies strewn everywhere. by tomorrow evening, the union soldiers will return to their camps here victorious but solemn. here has changed the course of the shenandoah valley for the rest of the war. at this place, we find the last major battle of the valley that not only secure this corridor for the union, boosted the votes for lincoln's reelection, and contributed to the beginning of the end of the war. the place here in shenandoah valley has significan

mayor mcclellan was supposed to when he drove the first -- and pose for photographers when he drove the first subway train in 1904. the problem was, he would not let go. he drove the train all the way up to 145th street, fortunately safely. he gave it up, and someone more qualified drove it hard. but that was the tiffany silver subway train throttle. york now also at the new historical society. that was the original throttle, the commemorative throttle, that was supposed to be only commemorative, but mayor mcclellan actually used it to drive the train all the way up. the artichoke. why an artichoke in a book of 101 objects? well, because i wanted people to be provoked, and say, what is an artichoke doing in a book like this? not, if youe it or think you are living in the nanny state of rudy giuliani or michael bloomberg, think back to fear relevant guardia. guardia.lo la he banned the sale of artichokes. why? terranova was the artichoke king, and controlled artichokes.f la guardia thought if you banned the sale of artichokes, it would kill organized crime. that workedyou, about as well

whereas you can go all the way back to winfield scot and look at joe johnston and mcclellan and many civil war generals and carry it right on up through general mcarthur to admiral fallon and general mccrystal in our own full-time to see what happens to able hch professional military men who set themselves against their own government. stwl's only going to be one outcome and there should be only one outcome. the future strategic leaders of our armed forces. understand that that relationship and it's one of the greatest insights that military history affords to our professional military education today, which is one of the reasons why history is one of the enduring themes here at the army war. and so that i might not guilty be an enduring theme here all night, i'll thank you for this opportunity to have spoken to. [ applause ] >> and we'd like to tell you about some of our other american history tv programs. join us every saturday at 6 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. eastern. again, this's programs on the civil war every saturday at 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. eastern here on american history tv on

so mcclellan knew he had gonorrhea, and he informed the family, the marcie family of ample p. hill's condition. >> thank you for that. you see, i just don't do military history but i'm very pleased to be filled in this way. thank you so much. this gentleman and then -- >> yes. good morning. i'm david carroll from chicago. >> hi, david. >> hi. in the last year published in the journal of the abraham lincoln association there has been great speculation on mary lincoln purchasing penny royal at dill lard's drugstore in springfield when she was pregnant with tad who was born with a cleft palate. penny royal is used to rid dogs of fleas or induce abortion. do you have insight on this recent scholarship? >> i'm sorry. i can't comment on that. my recent move and dislocation of many of my books and pieces meant that i don't have the 41 -- of oh mary lincoln but moving from ireland was difficult. i would say from my reading i have no evidence from her letters or otherwise that there would be any way i could comment or believe she was trying to not have a fourth child. the lincolns were

whereas you can go all the way back to winfield scot and look at joe johnston and mcclellan and manyinst their own government. there's only going to be one outcome and there should be only one outcome. the future strategic leaders of our armed forces. understand that that relationship and it's one of the greatest insights that military history affords to our professional military education today, which is one of the reasons why history is one of army war. and so i might not be an endeering theme here all night, i thank you for the opportunity to have spoken to. [ applause ] >> and we'd like to tell you about some of our other american history tv programs. join us every saturday at 6 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. eastern. for a special look at the civil war. we will bring you to the battle fields. well let you hear from stol skol ars and reenactors and bring you the latest historical forms on the subject. again, this's prograÑt2)q civil war every saturday at 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. eastern here on american history tv on c-span3. >> you've been watching c-span's american history tv. we want to

no wonder i suppose the one doctor susan wrote to his wife in my feeble estimation, the general mcclellan with all his morals decided to the true heroine of the angel of the battlefield. this is a picture that alexander took of the battlefield. contact matthew brady's gallery. people use magnifying glasses with very detailed images into the first at the scene were suggested. the images are of clara barton into postdates the war but then the founder of the american red cross in 1881. now it's time to get the most important player. they come to america to take the tour in the strange lands of canada and the united states. they found them beautifully proportioned. still he dismissed washington as nothing more than a military disco which of course was essentially true. he had two goals in particular he wanted to see niagara falls but the other thing was to meet abraham lincoln and to accomplish that he prevailed upon the new friend or to arrange a visit with the president. the plan was soon in place for the daughter of an undersecretary of the treasury to take us up on the evening to link in'

in houston police chief charles mcclellan says the footage collected by the cameras will be unfiltered. >> this is unfiltered through the eyes of the officers. this is an independent objective piece of evidence. >> but all this now sparking a heated legal debate. joining us now arthur and johna, both former prosecutors and defense attorneys. all right, johna. is it legal for cops to be able to wear these? are there any legal hurdles whatsoever? >> i see no hurdles at all on the legal side. i don't see any down side to this, but legally especially in new york, cops aren't going to have to worry about it because they're actually in control of this camera. we're a one-party state. there's not going to be an argument that nobody should lawfully be recorded. plus, everywhere we go today, we're being recorded, whether we like it or not. >> in this particular state, what you are saying then -- i'll direct this to arthur, if you want to record somebody, you don't have to tell them that you are recording them? it's not like the police officer as he approaches people, he or she, would have to sa