Here’s Professor Ethan Rafuse of the US Army Command and General Staff College giving an excellent presentation on Major General George B. McClellan and Civil-Military relations at the National Civil War Museum.
The video’s description reads, “Dr. Ethan Rafuse, Professor of History at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, KS revisits the subject of Union Army commander George B. McClellan’s dealings with his political counterparts within the context of recent literature and the process of how civil-military relations shaped the course and outcome of McClellan’s efforts in 1861 and 1862.”