A review of Lee vs. McClellan, The First Campaign (Regnery Publishing, 2010) by Clayton R. Newell.
The title of this work is misleading, since Robert E. Lee never fielded troops against George B. McClellan. In fact, they never met on the battlefields, as McClellan had a unified command structure and ordered his troops about while Lee had to contend with a fractured command structure. Lincoln gave McClellan free reign to command troops from three States — Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois — while Lee was Jefferson Davis’ advisor to generals continuously feuding. In short, McClellan commanded his subordinates while Lee advised.
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