can someone give me information about how george mcclellan and why he was liked by his troops?

Question

I already checked wikipedia and other websites but they didn't give enough information about the reason that he was liked by his troops

Answer 1

Gen. George B. McClellan won minor victories in West Virginia early in the Civil War, which led to his appointment as Head of the Army of the Potomac.

He proved unwilling to fight, but he could organize the Army. Previous Union commanders had not done this. The soldiers got better fed, supplied, and organized. Therefore, they liked this. Also, Gen. McClellan sought the affection of his troops. He loved to review troops, shake their hands and wave his hat to them. Probably the troops' political views would have been more conservative than President Lincoln and the Radicals. The latter had a sympathy to blacks and strong opposition to slavery that would not have been like the average soldier's. Therefore, certainly earlier in the war, McClellan, a Democrat, would have been politically closer to his troops views than those in Washington, D.C.

Finally, McClellan was known as a cautious general, not apt to rashly risk his men in battle. This explanation of why McClellan was liked by his troops puts him in an overly favorable light. But his generalship is another isssue; McClellan's popularity with the troops is a generally accepted fact.

Answer 2

The "little general" was a good trainer or men and knew how to instill pride in the troops, but he wasn't actually good at using his men in war. There was precious little fighting while McClellan was in command.

I believe it was Lincoln who said that George McClellan had built a beautiful little army but now he didn't want to break it. He removed him from command for inaction.

Some troops might have loved George McClellan, but most chafed under the same inaction. While they were marching and looking good for the spectators in Washington, Confederates were doing what they damned well pleased. Enough of them voted against McClellan in the 1864 election to give Lincoln a second term.