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Controversial US Generals

06/23/2010 3:55 pm ET Gen. George McClellan, 1862: President Abraham Lincoln fired this Union general after McClellan refused to move his troops as aggressively as the commander in chief wanted. 鈥榊ou may find those who will go faster than I, Mr. President,鈥� McClellan said, 鈥榖ut it is very doubtful if you will find many who will go further.鈥� McClellan unsuccessfully challenged Lincoln in the 1864 presidential election. Lincoln meets with McClellan at his headquarters in October 1862.