{"product_id":"2940149415090","title":"Lincoln and Stanton: A Study of the War Administration of 1861-1862","description":"In 1885, when former commander of the Army of the Potomac George Brinton McClellan published a criticism of the Lincoln administration's interference with McClellan's prosecution of the American Civil War, former U.S. Representative William Kelley was incensed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this long-forgotten book, Kelley takes McClellan to task in detail. Considered one of the most honest and hard-working members of Congress during the Civil War, Kelley used official war documents, statements from surviving participants, and his own memory of his time as a founder of the Republican party and friend of Abraham Lincoln to make his compelling case.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUlysses S. Grant stated after his presidency, \"McClellan is to me one of the mysteries of the war.\" Yet Grant had sympathy for what McClellan's burdens were early in the war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe remains so today. Brilliant, vain, and insubordinate, his stature was forever tarnished by his early mistakes and failures to strike decisive blows.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the first time, this long-out-of-print book is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBe sure to LOOK INSIDE or download a sample.","brand":"Big Byte Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079545110768,"sku":"2940149415090","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149415090_p0.jpg?v=1763716449","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149415090","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}