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Seated McClellan and wife

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1860s,

19th century,

Antique portrait,

Army of the Potomac,

Civil War Homefront,

Civil War portrait,

Ellen Marcy,

Ellen Marcy McClellan,

General and wife,

General McClellan family,

George B. McClellan,

historical photography,

photo of the week,

Union General,

Victorian marriage,

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Standing alongside her famous husband is his wife, Ellen Marcy McClellan, daughter of an army officer. After rejecting nine proposal, she finally marries the General in 1859 and is devoted to him for 25 years before his sudden death at 58 in 1884. She lives on to 1915.

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