General McClellan
Character Key Number:
3135
Display Name:
General McClellan
Sort Name:
McClellan, General George
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
No
Biography:
The "McClellan" who earns a spot on the list in Requiem for a Nun of the Civil War generals on both sides who heard the "shrill hackle-lifting" rebel yell in battle (188) is Union General George McClellan, commander-in-chief of the army that faced Lee during the early months of the Civil War.