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1826 – 1885George B. McClellan (1826-1885)Died 29 October 1885, aged 58American Civil War general who commanded the Union Army of the Potomac and later served as General-in-Chief before running unsuccessfully against Abraham Lincoln for president in 1864. He served as Governor of New Jersey from 1878 to 1881 and died in Orange, New Jersey.