Which Reminds Me

Although my grandfather was a McClellan we are not related to the Civil War general of that name. I don't really need to explain this one more time, but since some people are very forgetful I am repeating this anyway. We are descended from William Brownlow McClellan, a Texan who was a newspaper editor and publisher during the Civil War and also before and after. It is fairly clear that he was not related to the Civil War general and no one actually thought otherwise except for some confused persons. Nevertheless, our McClellan was arrested by the Confederates for publishing items sympathetic to the Union cause so you really should not jump to so many conclusions about that. If you had ready the family book you would have already read the harrowing tale of the Confederates raiding the newsroom and forcing him and the newsroom staff to walk all the way from Le Grange to Houston where they were held by authorities until matters could be resolved. So matters were speedily resolved and he soon returned to his newspaper work. So that's all there is to say about that.