GEORGE B. McCLENNAN (1826-1885), UNION MAJOR GENERAL, McCLELLAN GRADUATED IN THE WEST POINT CLASS OF 1846, SERVED IN THE MEXICAN WAR, AND AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE CIVIL WAR BECAME MAJOR GENERAL OF VOLUNTEERS. IN AUGUST 1861, AFTER THE FEDERAL DISASTER AT FIRST MANASSAS, HE ASSUMED COMMAND OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. FROM THIS POINT FORWARD, McCLELLAN'S ORGANIZATIONAL ABILITY WAS OFFSET BY HIS HESITANCE IN PURSUING THE ENEMY, CAUSING LINCOLN TO PERMANENTLY RELIEVE HIM IN NOVEMBER 1862 AFTER THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM. HE RAN UNSUCCESSFULLY AGAINST LINCOLN AS THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN THE ELECTION OF 1864. SENTIMENT AND SIGNATURE, "YOUR OBEDIENT SERVANT, GEO. B. McCLELLAN, MAJ. GENL, U.S.A.". COULD THIS ACKOWLEGEMENT OF "YOUR OBEDIENT SERVANT" ORIGINALLY BEEN MEANT FOR THE PRESIDENT (ABRAHAM LINCOLN)? ON AN OFF-WHITE, LIGHTLY LINED SLIP, PROBABLY CUT FROM A LETTER/NOTE. TRIVIAL VERTICAL CREASE THROUGH "Y" IN "YOUR". MATTED IN UNION BLUE TO AN OVERALL SIZE OF 11 X 14. REPRO PHOTO IN UNIFORM.
