The Richmond Campaign of 1862: The Peninsula and the Seven DaysGary W. Gallagher The Richmond campaign of April-July 1862 ranks as one of the most important military operations of the first years of the American Civil War. Key political, diplomatic, social, and military issues were at stake as Robert E. Lee and George B. McClellan fac |
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... American Civil War . Key political , diplo- matic , social , and military issues were at stake as Robert E. Lee and George B. McClellan faced off on the peninsula between the York and James Rivers . The climactic clash came on June 26 ...
... American Civil War . Key political , diplo- matic , social , and military issues were at stake as Robert E. Lee and George B. McClellan faced off on the peninsula between the York and James Rivers . The climactic clash came on June 26 ...
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... America The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources . Library of Congress Cataloging - in - Publication Data ...
... America The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources . Library of Congress Cataloging - in - Publication Data ...
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... Americans willing to accept the risk of trying to escape ; those who stayed with their Confederate masters experi- enced a loosening of the bonds of slavery . In sum . notes Marten , the appear- ance of the Army of the Potomac in April ...
... Americans willing to accept the risk of trying to escape ; those who stayed with their Confederate masters experi- enced a loosening of the bonds of slavery . In sum . notes Marten , the appear- ance of the Army of the Potomac in April ...
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... American history . No episode in the Richmond campaign exceeded in dramatic power the futile Confederate attacks against massed Union artillery at Malvern Hill . In a war where Confederate guns often fought at a disadvantage in numbers ...
... American history . No episode in the Richmond campaign exceeded in dramatic power the futile Confederate attacks against massed Union artillery at Malvern Hill . In a war where Confederate guns often fought at a disadvantage in numbers ...
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Contents
The 1862 Richmond Campaign in Perspective | xv |
The Seven Days of George Brinton McClellan | 26 |
McClellan and His Engineers on the Chickahominy | 42 |
Stonewall Jackson in the Seven Days | 64 |
John Bankhead Magruder and the Seven Days | 94 |
Loyalty and Race in the Peninsula Campaign and Beyond | 119 |
Convincing Moderates in the North of the Need for a Hard War | 151 |
The Decisive Charge of Whitings Division at Gainess Mill | 179 |
Union and Confederate Artillery at the Battle of Malvern Hill | 215 |
Bibliographic Essay | 249 |
Contributors | 255 |
Index | 257 |
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