In the later phases of the Civil War, General __________, running for president against Lincoln, declared that he would not make emancipation a condition of reconstruction.
A. Sherman
B. McClellan
C. Meade
D. Longstreet
The correct answer is George B. McClellan - the correct answer is B.
He lost to Lincoln very dramatically: Lincoln got over 70% of the votes.
McClellan saw slavery as in agreement with the Constitution - and later agreed that slavery needs to be abolished , but he would have favoured a gradual abolition.
