>The Democrats appointed this fucking idiot as their presidential

Well I mean, he came pretty close.
If it wasnt for BEST BOY William Tecumseh Sherman, McClellen probably would have won.

>>2032192
Was the American civil war peak masculinity?

Every general from that era looks fucking hardcore.

>>2032584
and they were always fucking drunk

>>2032192
Why was he compared to Napoleon?
Napoleon was a very agressive general who often took the initiative, McClellan was the complete opposite of that

>>2032584
I take it that you've never laid eyes on Benjamin F Butler

>>2032985
MUH LOGISTICS

>have a clear numbers/equipment advantage over the confeds at Richmond
>just chill for a while
>Stonewall Jackson gets ****somewhere**** somewhat near to part of your army
>completely fold and retreat back down the peninsula

McClellan was a mistake.

>>2033368
tbf the pinkertons gave him a vastly inaccurate impression of the divisions the Confederates had available.

The French Army also get shit for not pushing Germany's shit via the Saar offensive during the invasion of Poland, but French intelligence had also vastly overestimated the divisions Germany had available.

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>>2032584
I agree desu.

>generals literally combat ineffective due to being too gentlemanly
>everybody has sexy rugged facial hair
>one of the last wars where you weren't wading through human ketchup

best war tbqh