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“Nothing but rascally white people”: George B. McClellan Returns to Texas, 1852–1853

“Nothing but rascally white people”: George B. McClellan Returns to Texas, 1852–1853 Just after the Civil War began, George B. McClellan returned to the army from civilian life and was appointed as a major general. Here he poses with his wife, Ellen "Nellie" Marcy. LC-DIG-cwpb-05665. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. By Robert Wooster and Ariel Kelley* n May 2, 1852, Second Lieutenant George Brinton McClellan rode out of Fort Belknap, Texas, second-in-command of an expedition charged with locating the sources of the Red River. This was McClellan's second time in the Lone Star State; six years earlier, he had joined Major General Winfield Scott's army at Brazos Santiago as it assembled to invade Mexico. Following the breakup of the Red River expedition nearly two months later, Lieutenant McClellan would be reassigned to Texas for another ten months, first as a staff officer for the Eighth Military Department and subsequently as an engineer assigned to duties associated with the Harbors and Rivers Act of 1852. During his yearlong tenure in the Lone Star State, McClellan wrote nearly three dozen personal letters and official reports in addition to keeping a journal and an engineer's notebook. Though scholars typically view McClellan through the narrow lens of his more famous military and political actions http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Southwestern Historical Quarterly Texas State Historical Association

“Nothing but rascally white people”: George B. McClellan Returns to Texas, 1852–1853

Wooster, Robert
Southwestern Historical Quarterly , Volume 117 (1) – Jul 3, 2013
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Just after the Civil War began, George B. McClellan returned to the army from civilian life and was appointed as a major general. Here he poses with his wife, Ellen "Nellie" Marcy. LC-DIG-cwpb-05665. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. By Robert Wooster and Ariel Kelley* n May 2, 1852, Second Lieutenant George Brinton McClellan rode out of Fort Belknap, Texas, second-in-command of an expedition charged with locating the sources of the Red River. This was McClellan's second time in the Lone Star State; six years earlier, he had joined Major General Winfield Scott's army at Brazos Santiago as it assembled to invade Mexico. Following the breakup of the Red River expedition nearly two months later, Lieutenant McClellan would be reassigned to Texas for another ten months, first as a staff officer for the Eighth Military Department and subsequently as an engineer assigned to duties associated with the Harbors and Rivers Act of 1852. During his yearlong tenure in the Lone Star State, McClellan wrote nearly three dozen personal letters and official reports in addition to keeping a journal and an engineer's notebook. Though scholars typically view McClellan through the narrow lens of his more famous military and political actions

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Southwestern Historical Quarterly – Texas State Historical Association

Published: Jul 3, 2013

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