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mcclellan now has a chance to claim victory. all he has to do is send in his 20,000 reserve troops. we have them by the throat, general. [ gunfire ] we could send in the reserve and finish them. what do we know of lee s reinforcements? george mcclellan always worried a little too much about what the enemy might do. i will not send more men to die unless i have to, general franklin. and that s what happens at antietam. several times, subordinates urge him, now is the time to launch that final blow. but mcclellan s always thinking, what if things go wrong? just as he fails to act after intercepting lee s battle plan mcclellan again hesitates. despite the fact that he overwhelmingly outnumbers lee s force, mcclellan doesn t destroy robert e. lee and the army of northern virginia, and he is widely criticized for this. and particularly abraham lincoln was deeply disappointed.

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