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George B. McClellan. Major General Commanding U.S. Army,” ca. 1862.
This lithograph was published by J.H. Bufford in 1862, while McClellan commanded the Army of the Potomac. McClellan’s first major campaign as army commander culminated in the Seven Days Battles, during which his army was driven away from the outskirts of Richmond.
Courtesy of the Library of Congress.