Talk:John A. McClernand

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 * Having already had several horses shot from under him during the fighting, the general was again on horseback with an aide holding his horse's reins when a Rebel bullet severed the reins. "This is getting damned annoying," McClernand reportedly exclaimed.

Anyone know it? -- btphelps (talk) (contribs) 06:48, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Twice married?
If McClernand had a new bride in 1863, she can't have been the same one who gave birth to his son Edward in 1848. Only one wife (Sarah) is mentioned in the article, and she is described as the daughter of James Dunlap, another Union General. The link goes to a different James Dunlap, who died many years before. I can find no record of a Union General called Dunlap. 86.179.62.95 (talk) 14:18, 19 July 2011 (UTC)


 * I removed that quote from Winters because it made no sense. He was married once, in 1842. I have clarified James Dunlap. You are correct that the link was wrong. He is listed in List of American Civil War brevet Generals (Union), but no one has written an article about him yet. Thank you for catching the discrepancy. Hal Jespersen (talk) 16:59, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

Unfit?
'Grant, after receiving the opinion of Admiral David Dixon Porter and General Sherman that McClernand was unfit...' Does this refer to his health, or to his 'unfitness' for command through insubordination? 86.148.132.157 (talk) 11:16, 19 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Fixed. In looking over this article, which I have not read for a long time, I see a lot of unreferenced material. I have removed my name from the maintainers list at the top of the talk page because I do not have time to fix it. Hal Jespersen (talk) 16:11, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

Shiloh
McClernand claimed that he saved the day at Shiloh, because he kept his brigade on the alert, when the others had been told to rest easy. I don't know if this is confirmed. 86.148.132.157 (talk) 11:20, 19 March 2013 (UTC)


 * If you can provide some secondary sources for this assertion, we (or you) can include it. Hal Jespersen (talk) 16:11, 19 March 2013 (UTC)