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The Hope of the Nation

This chapter discusses the rage militaire that spurred citizens to enlist in the Union Army, as well as the image of General George B. McClellan's within that patriotism. It details early attempts to root out disloyalty in the officer corps and lays out the consequences of the army's first significant campaign on the Virginia Peninsula. Saddled with ill health and frustrated by defeat, the Army of the Potomac by mid-1862 struggled to rationalize its predicament, and many ended up blaming the broad class of "politicians" at home for meddling. Among the army's most politically aware officers and men, opinions differed sharply over whether McClellan was victim or villain, with some pro-Republican men arguing that "hard war" and emancipation would be necessary.