Excerpt from The Life of Maj.-Gen. Geo; B. McClellan, General-in-Chief U. S. A : Including Services in Mexico, on the Red River Exploration Expedition, on the Pacific Railway Survey, on the European Commission, Etc
The preparation, of this life of General McClellan was called for by the fact that no biography of our General-in-Chief has, thus far, been given to the public other than meager newspaper sketches.
The General is, as yet, a young man; but, contrary to the prevailing impression, he has had a wide experience in fields best adapted to fit him for the position to which fate and the voice of his country has called him. What that experience has been these pages will testify.
In the preparation of our work we have been assisted much by the kindness of Mr. Van Nostrand, publisher of military books, New York, who has placed at our disposal most of the works (several of them quite generally unavailable) which, furnished the data for this little volume. To Major (now Colonel) Delafield and others we are also much indebted for hints and memoranda of a valuable character.
This biography, we trust, will be found to answer the demand for the story of his life - in which all classes are now so greatly interested.
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