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Article: Colleagues and enemies on the battlefield.(TRAVEL)(THE CIVIL WAR)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- May 1, 2004
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Byline: Jack Trammell, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Robert E. Lee and George B. McClellan couldn't have been more different in personality and temperament, yet
their paths crossed continually. Each graduated second in his class at West Point and later served there. Both were in the engineering corps on Gen. Winfield Scott's staff during the Mexican War. Both were commissioned major general of state forces on April 23, 1861. Both had reputations for bravery and attention to detail.
Capt. Lee and 2nd Lt. McClellan first met on Scott's staff in 1847. Lee was 40, trim and handsome and already had earned a reputation for dependability. McClellan, ...