‘For Want of a leader’
LESSONS ON MISSION COMMAND FROM MCCLELLANâÂÂS FAILURES AT ANTIETAM
I think the events depicted in the article I am here sharing are emblematic of the reasons why we should not admire Mclellan. However potent his rhetoric was, he proved to be quite impotent as a military leader
Mclellan should burn in military hell. He could have ended the Civil War at Antietam if he had committed his reserves. It ended up a stalemate, with Lee escaping across the Potomac after the bloodiest single day in American history. Two years later Lee came back and lost at Gettysburg.