Historian and biographer Stephen W. Sears observed that McClellan's actions would have been "essentially sound" for a commander who was as outnumbered as McClellan thought he was, but McClellan in fact rarely had less than a two-to-one advantage over the armies that opposed him in 1861 and 1862.
Historikern och levnadstecknaren Stephen W. Sears har kallat McClellans handlande "i grunden sunt" om han hade varit så numerärt underlägsen som han trodde, men McClellan hade faktiskt sällan mindre än ett numerärt överläge på två mot en under 1861 och 1862.