Don Wildman
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Where did we see this take place?
I mean, it's so commonly talked about in the early days of the Civil War.
You know, people thought it was going to be such a short war, but it's kind of a chicken and the egg thing.
How much did McClellan have to do with that mindset?
It's almost like he was a victim of his own logistical intelligence, wasn't he?
Where you think so hard about what's going to happen and the results of your actions, the consequences of your actions, that you end up hamstringing yourself and not taking action.
And that's kind of his flaw.
That being said, you know, he's not an entirely bad man.
You know, like I have always thought of that before I started reading a lot more for this.
And I realized that it might just be a curse, you know, that this guy just thinks too hard about things.
And he is a bit of a coward, I think.
But above coward, I believe he's maneuvering for the future at all times.
And within himself, he sees a future for himself because he does have a big ego.
And he probably sees himself as president at some point.
He was called Little Mac by his soldiers.
Let's talk about the Battle of the Seven Pines.
Union casualties had exceeded 5,000 on May 31st and June 1st of 1862.