George B. McClellan person
also: General George McKay, McClellan
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George B. McClellan documented
“first rose to prominence when it was enlisted to protect the president-elect, Abraham Lincoln, as he traveled across country by train. Allegedly, a plot had been uncovered to assassinate Lincoln then, though there was no conclusive evidence…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner - Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 8 @ 41:06
Allan Pinkerton overbilled_or_diverted
George B. McClellan host_asserted
“He consistently overestimated the Confederacy troop strength, contributing to McClellan's hesitancy to engage his opponents. Huh. That's interesting. Wonder if that was on purpose. It always is. Pinkerton's loyalty. Well, and you know, it's…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner - Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 8 @ 42:03
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▶ 41:06
first rose to prominence when it was enlisted to protect the president-elect, Abraham Lincoln, as he traveled across country by train. Allegedly, a plot had been uncovered to assassinate Lincoln then, though there was no conclusive evidence…
▶ 41:35
McClellan to provide intelligence for his army. When McClellan became the Union general, the Pinkertons took over much of the intelligence functions for the Union army, in addition to forming an early version of the Secret Service to protec…
▶ 42:03
He consistently overestimated the Confederacy troop strength, contributing to McClellan's hesitancy to engage his opponents. Huh. That's interesting. Wonder if that was on purpose. It always is. Pinkerton's loyalty. Well, and you know, it's…
▶ 46:50
and telling McClellan literally wrong intelligence, not unlike the CIA does right now, in order to make him hesitant to not attack, giving the South the advantage. So that's not actually all that far-fetched when you go back and actually kn…
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So, Alan Pinkerton resigned his post in protest towards the end of 1862 after McClellan was relieved of command following the Battle of Antietam. Afterwards, the Union Intelligence Service would be taken over by military officer Lafayette B…