During the Civil War, one of the reasons that Lee's Confederate forces were able to push the Army of the Potomac northward and out of Virginia was that the Union general, George McClellan, was:
A) self-defeating in his attitude.
B) unprepared for battle.
C) slow to react to the Confederate onslaught.
D) cowardly to fight.
E) overconfident of his ability to command.
A
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