...there, he arrived in Washington a few days later to find, as he later wrote, "no army to command, [but] a mere collection of regiments cowering on the banks...Potomac, some perfectly raw, others dispirited by their recent defeat."13 McClellan could never rid his mind of this image, which each subsequent Confederate...

...executive. He was a man who knew how to organize an army. "I found no army to command," he said, "just a mere collection of regiments cowering on the banks of the Potomac." He brought order and pride to to visit General McClellan (far left) those regiments. He drilled the...

...deserting in wholesale lots. Morale was nonexistent. In one of his first reports, McClellan wrote: I found no army to command; a mere collection of regiments...perfectly raw, others dispirited by the recent defeat. I found no preparations whatever for defence, not even to the extent of putting the troops in military...

...railroad executive. He was brash and full of confidence. "I found no army to command," he said, "just a mere collection of regiments cowering on the banks of the Potomac." McClellan did have a problem. He didn't like to fight. He kept hesitating, making excuses, and pulling...

...described the situation that had awaited him after Bull Run. "I found no army to command," he wrote, "a mere collection of regiments cowering on the banks...Potomac, some perfectly raw, others dispirited by their recent defeat." "The troops," he added, "were not only undisciplined, undrilled & dispirited...

...the vicinity of Washington on Saturday, July 27, 1861, six days after the battle of Bull Run. I found no army to command — a mere collection of regiments...perfectly raw, others dispirited by the recent defeat. Nothing of any consequence had been done ta secure the southern approaches to the capital by means...