Editing George B. McClellan (section)

==References==
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* Rowland, Thomas J. ''George B. McClellan and Civil War History: In the Shadow of Grant and Sherman''. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1998. {{ISBN|0-87338-603-5}}.
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* Stotelmyer, Steven R. ''Too Useful to Sacrifice: Reconsidering George B. McClellan's Generalship in the Maryland Campaign from South Mountain to Antietam''. California: Savas Beatie, 2019. {{ISBN|978-1-61121-304-1}}
* Wipperman, Darin. "Caution East of Frederick: George B. McClellan and the Early Part of the Maryland Campaign." ''The Antietam Journal''. Vol. IV, March 2023, pp.&nbsp;28–55.