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MEDFORDeJlliTRIBUNE : SECTION B MEDFORD. OREGON. MONDAY. MAY 8. 1961 PAGES 1 to 8 CIVIL WAR McClellan Shines in Early Role THIS By MEHTON T. AKERS UPI Correspondent ' In May, 1861, George Brin ton McClellan entered the f Civil War. This. 35-year-old Pennsyl ' vanian would remain down 1 stage center on the war scene tor 6 year-and-a-half, the most ' controversial general of the conflict - a hero to some, a failure to many more. Many ' of his lines were delivered as . soliloquays and addressed to voters and polticians, rather J than to the limited audience J of his military role. In a war which was over crowded with generals whose . political ambitions often out- ran their military prowess, i McClellan stood for a brief moment at the top, but there was a Greek chorus chanting . doom in the wings. . Muffs Both Chances . He was the only general ; of the Army of the Potomac i who had two golden chances to decisively defeat the Army ' of Northern Virginia and cap 'i ture the Confederate capital, T Richmond. He muffed both of them without ever having J. been beaten decisively him " self. ; Graduated second in a class ' of 59 from West Point in 1846, McClellan had a dis tinguished career behind him ' at Ft. Sumter time. He seem ed to be the best military tal- , ent the Union possessed at s the moment. He won three brevets in the t Mexican War. Then he spent a year in Europe studying military operations. His re- l port, including a section on : the Crimean War, was hailed ; as a masterpiece. By 1857 he ' was a captain, but resigned F to go into business, becoming : by wartime a vice president of the Illinois Central Rail road, one of whose lawyers was Abraham Lincoln. There ' would come a time when this ex-vice president of a railroad would ignore Lincoln sitting In the McClellarf living room ' and go to bed without see ing him. By that time McClel lan was commander-in-chief of the Union armies and Lin - coin was President of the United States and commander-in-chief of all its armed forces, including McClellan himself. (Still later in the dark days of 1864, McClellan would run against Lincoln for the presidency and be soundly trounced, his last defeat. He's Still Controversial :, Now, 100 yea.'S later, his torians wrangle as much about McClellan's place in Civil War history as any of his . contemporaries. Middle ground then and now Is a nar row strip of land. But in the spring of '61, Mc Clellan seemed to be the man on the white horse. Gov. Wil liam Dennison of Ohio sum moned him to Columbus With a view to giving him com mand of the state's forces. Ja cob D. Cox, a state senator and ' a brigadier general of militia, met McClellan at the railroad station. Cox described McClellan as "rather under . medium height, but muscu . larly formed, with broad shoulders and a well poised ' head, active and graceful in ' motion. His whole appearance : was quiet and modest, but when drawn out, he showed 5 jv f IN WAR SPOTLIGHT In May, 1861, George Brinton Mc Clellan entered the Civil War. The 35-year-old Pennsylvanian would remain in the spotlight for a year and a half, the most controversial general of the conflict. A brilliant organ izer, he was to be the only general of the Army of the Potomac who had two chances to defeat the Army of North ern Virginia and muffed both. McClellan is shown in an engraving made in the early 1880s. (UPI Telephoto) Try and Stop Mo -By BENNETT CERP SIR CEDRIC HARDWICKE, urbane and accomplished British actor, has completed an autobiography entitled "A Victorian in Orbit" In it he boasts of compliment 'i received from Bernard Shaw. "You, are," an nounced Shaw, "my fifth favorite actor, the first four being the Marx Brothers." King George had a little trouble the day he knighted Sir Cedric. As Hardwicke knelt before him, the Lord Chamber lin read his name. The King said sharply, "Who?" He didn't get it the second time, either, then demanded, "Spell it." "For an actor's name to be spelled out," confessed Hard, wicke, "is his greatest humiliation." It turns out that spelling didn't help King George a bit. He finally whacked Sir Cedric on the back with his jeweled sword, and dubbed him, rather testily, "Sir Samuel Pick wick." a Most tragic figure of the week: the Eskimo who stabbed him self with an icicle and died of cold cuts. 0 1961, by Bennett Cei-f. Distributed by Kins Feature Syndicate (J yCyo,IT actor j no lack of confidence in him self." McClellan accepted com mand of the Ohio troops with the rank of major general and the next day he and Cox' took stock of their equipment. "We found a few boxes of smooth bore muskets . . rust ed and damaged," Cox wrote. "No belt, cartridge boxes or other accouterments . . .two or three smooth bore field pieces, 6 pounders . . . honey combed by firing of salutes . . . a confused pile of mildew ed harness , . . not worth car rying away. That pile of rubbish was McClellan's store of var ma terial. But he had volunteers, about 10,000 of them, and he ordered up 2,000 copies of Hardee's - "Tactics," the Army's standar." drill manual. He drew up in a week plans for supplying and equiping Ohio's army. He auded a grand strategy plan to win the war which he sent to Gen. Winfield Sco't, Army com mander. This called for a drive east from Ohio to threat en Richmond on the flank and cooperation with the Army at Washington and an other army to march south and open the Mississippi Val ley. , Scott answered on May 3 in flatterfng terms without ap proving the plan. But Cox thought the plan paved the way for McClellan's appoint ment on May 13 as major gen eral In the Regular Army. Mc Clellan's territory was the De partment of Ohio and part of Western Virginia, which later became the new state of West Virginia. Here McClellan's brilliance in organizing and training armies began to function. Within a matter a days, re cruits were drilling at Camp Dennison at Cincinnati, Mc Clellan had moved his head quarters there and was dash ing hither and yon on horse back, a handsome figure rid ing on a "McClellan" saddle which he had perfected from his European study days and which the U.S. Cavalry used until gasoline, engines took over from horseflesh. Grant Approaches McClellan ' One of McClellan's callers in these busy days was Uly sses S. Grant, who crossed the Ohio River . from Covington, Ky., where he was visiting his parents. Ex-captain "Sam" Grant was looking for a war job. "More than 20 years later he recalled in his memoirs: "I had known him slightly at West Point . . . and in the Mexican War. I was in hopes that when he saw me he would offer me a position on his staff. I called on two suc cessive days but failed to see him. . .." McClellan in his memoirs recounted: "This was his good luck for had I been there I would no doubt given him a place on my staff, and he probably would have remained with me and shared my fate." . On one of McClellan's in spection tours he came upon two regiments in training at loggerheads on a road because neither of the two inexperi enced colonels knew what or der to give so they could pass. The situation had pro gressed to the fist fight stage when McClellan rode up. "Soldiers! Spare your blows for the enemies of your coun try," McClellan declaimed. The fights ended, the col onels made up and the two regiments were brigaded to gether. Incidents like that piled up until McClellan came to be " " i fji'rn sfflftowssso i ,"JT SQ25 w rint America's Preferred Bourbon THE OLD CROW DISTILLERY CO., FRANKFORT, KY., KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY. IS PROOF $e oo 9 4Qt. Elizabeth Taylor Said 'Doing Fine' Hollywood-(inB-"She's com ing along just fine," a friend said today of Elizabeth Tay lor, whose husband, singer Eddie Fisher, cancelled a charity appearance when the actress came down with a high temperature. Fisher called off his attend ance at a Hollywood benefit party Saturday night after his wife developed a 103-degree fever that afternoon. Dr. Rex Kennamer, Miss Taylor's physician, had ad vised her two day before the affair not to attend. "The doctor just doesn't want her in crowds," a friend said. "She is still recuperating.'.' Note Teffs Police Jhat Truck Was Stolen An obliging thief enabled state police at Grants Pass to recover a lumber truck soon after it was stolen this week end. . The lumber truck, stolen from Mt. Pitt Lumber com pany, Central Point, was found by state police with a note attached to the wind shield stating the vehicle, had been stolen. Officers are look ing for the thief, obliging or not. known as "the young Napol eon" and played up to the name by posing with his hand in his uniform coat in the best "Little Corporal" style. In a month there would be fighting in the western coun ties of Virginia across the Ohio-from McClellan and he would be there, costumed, made up, self-billed and his lines down pat. And he would win some battles, too. Not big ones, but the newspapers gave them big headlines. The star of the "young Na poleon" was rising and Mc Clellan was not the man to hide it. Petitions To Seek New City in Oregon Portland-IHPI-A public rally to start circulation of peti tions for an election to form a new city of Holladay in east ern Multnomah county is scheduled tonight. The proposed city would be located between the Columbia river on the north and the Clackamas county line on the south, and northeast and 92nd- 96th aves. on the west and northeast 162nd-169th aves. on the east. There would be a buffer zone of two to four blocks be tween Portland and the pro posed city, which would have a population of about 75,000 and be Oregon's second largest. 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