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Don Wildman

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American History Hit
America's Worst General

Where did we see this take place?

American History Hit
America's Worst General

I mean, it's so commonly talked about in the early days of the Civil War.

American History Hit
America's Worst General

You know, people thought it was going to be such a short war, but it's kind of a chicken and the egg thing.

American History Hit
America's Worst General

How much did McClellan have to do with that mindset?

American History Hit
America's Worst General

It's almost like he was a victim of his own logistical intelligence, wasn't he?

American History Hit
America's Worst General

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.

American History Hit
America's Worst General

And that's kind of his flaw.

American History Hit
America's Worst General

That being said, you know, he's not an entirely bad man.

American History Hit
America's Worst General

You know, like I have always thought of that before I started reading a lot more for this.

American History Hit
America's Worst General

And I realized that it might just be a curse, you know, that this guy just thinks too hard about things.

American History Hit
America's Worst General

And he is a bit of a coward, I think.

American History Hit
America's Worst General

But above coward, I believe he's maneuvering for the future at all times.

American History Hit
America's Worst General

And within himself, he sees a future for himself because he does have a big ego.

American History Hit
America's Worst General

And he probably sees himself as president at some point.

American History Hit
America's Worst General

He was called Little Mac by his soldiers.

American History Hit
America's Worst General

Let's talk about the Battle of the Seven Pines.

American History Hit
America's Worst General

Union casualties had exceeded 5,000 on May 31st and June 1st of 1862.