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The Battle of Bull Run
The battle of bull run shatterd dreams of a quick war. Lincoln worked with general scott through the night to make plans for a war that would be much longer than he hoped. Mc clellan was tasked with commanding the new army of the potomac, the principal union army of the war's eastern theatre. His idolized little mac and affectionately called him 'young napoleon' He had fatal flaws but refused to take risks without any major fighting risk. In a letter to his wife,. he declared, the president is nothing more than a well meaning baboon. But it was mc clellan's chronic caution that frustrated lincoln.
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