Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1826, Dec. 3 | Born, Philadelphia, Pa. |
1840-1842 | Attended University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. |
1842-1846 | Attended United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. |
1847 | Served in Mexican War |
1848-1851 | Duty as instructor, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. |
1852-1853 | Undertook engineering surveys |
1855 | Appointed captain Reported on European military systems |
1857 | Resigned commission to become chief engineer, Illinois Central Railroad |
1860 | Became president of the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad Married Mary Ellen Marcy |
1861 | Appointed major general of Ohio Volunteers Appointed major general of the regular army Assumed command of the Army of the Potomac |
1862 | Relinquished command of Army of the Potomac to General Ambrose Everett Burnside |
1864 | Published Letter of the Secretary of War, Transmitting Report on the organization of the Army of the Potomac, and of Its Campaign in Virginia and Maryland, Under the Command of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, From 26 July 1861, to 7 Nov. 1862. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office Nominated by Democratic Party as candidate for president Resigned commission in the army |
1865 | Toured abroad |
1868-1878 | Employed as engineer |
1878-1881 | Governor of New Jersey |
1885, Oct. 29 | Died, Orange, N. J. |
1887 | Posthumous publication of McClellan's Own Story. New York: C. L. Webster |