But Gen. McClellan hadn't changed and would disappoint Lincoln again. The president would fire his general for a second and final time. McClellan went on to win the Democratic nomination for president in 1864, only to get crushed by Lincoln in the general election
Britain had no money to buy arms, food or other goods that only America - the "Arsenal of Democracy" - could provide. FDR's solution: the “Destroyers for Bases” agreement giving Britain destroyers, in return for 99-year U.S. leases to bases in Newfoundland and the Caribbean