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George Brinton McClellan (1826 - 1885)

Maj. Gen. George Brinton McClellan
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAmap
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Husband of — married 22 May 1860 in New York, New York, New York, United Statesmap
Died at age 58 in Orange, New Jersey, USAmap
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Profile last modified | Created 18 Sep 2011
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Preceded by
23rd Governor
Joseph D. Bedle
George B. McClellan
24th Governor
of New Jersey
New Jersey
1878—1881
Succeeded by
25th Governor
George C. Ludlow

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Biography

Notables Project
George McClellan is Notable.

Name

George Brinton McClellan[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Birth

3 December 1826 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States[1][2][3][4][5][6][8][9][11][10]

Death

29 October 1885 at Orange, New Jersey, United States[1][2][3][4][5]

Residence

1850 Philadelphia Dock Ward, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[11]
1870 New York Ward 21 District 21 (2nd Enum), New York, New York, United States[7]
1880 West Orange, Essex, New Jersey, United States[9]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 #S-2102106403: U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles Author: Historical Data Systems, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Original data - Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA from the following list of works.Copyright 1997-2009Historical Data Systems, Inc. PO Box 35Duxbury, MA 02331.Ori Birth date: 03 Dec 1826Birth place: Death date: 29 Oct 1885Death place: Orange, NJResidence date: Residence place: USA
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 #S-2102106414: Handy Book of American Authors, 1907 Author: Barghouti, Kim, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Original data - Louis Harmon Peet. Handy Book of American Authors. New York, USA: Thomas Y. Crowell and Co., 1907. Original data: Louis Harmon Peet. Handy Book of American Authors. New Birth date: December 3, 1826, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBirth place: Death date: October 29, 1885, Orange, New JerseyDeath place:
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 #S-2102106421: American Civil War General Officers Author: Historical Data Systems, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data - Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA from the following list of works. Copyright 1997-2000. Historical Data Systems, Inc. PO Box 35 Duxbury, MA 023 Birth date: 1826Birth place: PhiladelphiaDeath date: 1885Death place:
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 #S-2102106512: American Civil War Soldiers Author: Historical Data Systems, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data - Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA form the following list of works. Copyright 1997-2000 Historical Data Systems, Inc. PO Box 35 Duxbury.Orig Note: Page: Side served: Union; State served: U.S. Volunteers; Enlistment date: 23 Apr 1861. Birth date: 3 Dec 1826Birth place: Death date: 29 Oct 1885Death place: Orange, New Jersey
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 #S-2099839502: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Note: Page: Birth year: 1826; Birth city: Philadelphia; Birth state: PA. Birth date: December 1826Birth place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PADeath date: 29 October 1885Death place:
  6. 6.0 6.1 #S-2099839437: Family Data Collection - Births Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001. Note: Birth date: 3 December 1826Birth place: Philladelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
  7. 7.0 7.1 "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8J1-VLR : 14 June 2019), Geo B McClellan, 1870.
  8. 8.0 8.1 #S-2102106583: U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Original data - Passport Applications, 1795-1905; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1372, 694 rolls); General Records of the Department of State, Record Group 59; National Arc Birth date: 3 Dec 1826Birth place: City of Philadelphia, PennResidence date: Residence place: United States
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 #S-2099672150: 1880 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited Note: Page: Year: 1880; Census Place: West Orange, Essex, New Jersey; Roll: T9_781; Family History Film: 1254781; Page: 277.3000; Enumeration District: 113; Image: 0195. Birth date: abt 1827 Birth place: PennsylvaniaResidence date: 1880 Residence place: West Orange, Essex, New Jersey, United States
  10. 10.0 10.1 #S-2102106810: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Author: Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data - Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library. Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genea Note: Note: Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1826Birth place: Pennsylvania, D.New Jersey,
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 #S-2099670892: 1850 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data - Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Ce Note: Page: Year: 1850; Census Place: Philadelphia Dock Ward, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_817; Page: 483A; Image: . Birth date: abt 1826Birth place: PennsylvaniaResidence date: 1850Residence place: Philadelphia Dock Ward, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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posted by Jennifer Fulk
edited by Jennifer Fulk
“Cleveland Daily Leader”, (Cleveland, Ohio), 26 Jul 1861, page 2
Apparent Tyranny in a Military Officer.
We have spoken before of the great apparent injustice done Lieut. Stratton’s squad of the Warren company of volunteers, by Gen. Rosecrans, by sending them home in disgrace for the alleged crime of pillaging the house of a secessionist, the only testimony on which they were charged being the word of the man who pretended to have been robbed. A member of the19th regiment, whom we know to be perfectly disinterested to the matter, passed through the city a day or two ago, and fully confirmed the statement of the case made by Lieut. Stratton. This statement we have published, its main facts being the following: While the 19th Regiment was at Buckhannon, Lieut. Stratton and a squad of men were ordered to go into the country for forage or prisoners. In the performance of their duty, they reached a house that was deserted, but took nothing from it. Upon their return to camp, or shortly thereafter, the owner of the house made complaint that they had stolen his gold watch. Without giving the company any opportunity of making any explanation or defence, and not withstanding the fact that the neighbors of the man were ready to testify that be was a rank secessionist, and a man whose word they would not trust, Gen. Rosecrans ordered the whole company, at the next dress parade, to stack arms and march down the lines in disgrace for home.
The evident unfairness of the act created the most intense indignation in the regiment, both among officers and men. One Captain ordered his Company to salute Capt. Barrett’s Company with presented arms as (hey passed. Many of tbe officers threatened to resign if Capt. Barrett and Company were not recalled, and at length a protest sent to Gen. McClellan induced that officer to recall the Company, and to send home only Lieut. Stratton and the men under his command.
It certainly appears that Gen. Rosecrans was governed by prejudice, and not justice, in his decision, and if it should prove so, we trust he will be suitably reproved. We grant that he is a good soldier and an accomplished General, but he is not therefore exempt from the requirement of justice.
We are glad to see that Gov. Dennison has ordered a trial — which Gen. Rosecrans denied — that the men may have an opportunity to prove their innocence. The citizens of Warren, where Lieut. Stratton resides and is a man of good reputation, both business and social, are indignant in the highest degree at his treatment. Several indignation meetings have been held at Ashtabula county to protest against it.
“Cleveland Daily Leader”, (Cleveland, Ohio), 15 Jul 1861, page 4
THE DISGRACED SOLDIERS OF THE 19TH. —
C P. Buckingham, Adjutant General of the State, has issued a general order to be read on parade to each regiment of the Ohio troops, concerning the eight Ohio volunteers who were sent to Columbus under arrest by Gen. McClellan. The names of the men are as follows: Lieut. H. G. Stratton, Sergeant James W. McCIeery, and Privates Elisha Humason, Edward S. Palfreemen, Job D. Bell, John A. Brock, Horace Baily, and Elmore H. Andrews.
Lieut. Stratton is ordered to repair to his residence, and confine himself to his county under arrest, without pay, until his regiment is mustered out of service. The remainder are expelled from the service of the State, as men to whose courage and conduct the honor of the State is not to be entrusted.
The order concludes:
The Commander-in-Chief cannot suppress the expression of his profound mortification, that men of Ohio, occupying the high position of volunteer soldiers, and having committed to them the honor of the State, should have been found so unworthy of the trust, and he is not willing to find an excuse for so flagrant a violation of duty in the vicious example set by rebels and traitors to the country. No violation of law, nor the rules of propriety and courtesy, will be tolerated among the soldiers of Ohio.
posted by Cathryn (Hallett) Hondros
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