The son of a Philadelphia surgeon, he graduated second in his class at West Point in 1846, and then taught military engineering there.
The son of a Philadelphia surgeon, he graduated second in his class at West Point in 1846, and then taught military engineering there. Named chief engineer of the Illinois Central Railroad in 1857, he became a major general  of Ohio volunteers four years later. He lost a major election in 1864, but got some consolation when he was elected governor of New Jersey after the Civil War. FTP, what Union general, dubbed "Little Mac," was removed by Lincoln after his Peninsular Campaign failed?
The son of a Philadelphia surgeon, he graduated second in his class at West Point in 1846, and then taught military engineering there.
George Brinton McClellan