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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The Peninsula and the Seven Days Gary W. Gallagher. THE RICHMOND CAMPAIGN OF 1862 The Peninsula & the Seven Days The Richmond campaign of April - July 1862 ranks as. EDITED BY CARY W. CALLACHER Front Cover.
The Peninsula and the Seven Days Gary W. Gallagher. THE RICHMOND CAMPAIGN OF 1862 The Peninsula & the Seven Days The Richmond campaign of April - July 1862 ranks as. EDITED BY CARY W. CALLACHER Front Cover.
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... July 1862 ranks as one of the most important military operations of the first years of the American Civil War . Key political , diplo- matic , social , and military issues were at stake as Robert E. Lee and George B. McClellan faced off ...
... July 1862 ranks as one of the most important military operations of the first years of the American Civil War . Key political , diplo- matic , social , and military issues were at stake as Robert E. Lee and George B. McClellan faced off ...
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... OF 1862 The Peninsula and the Seven Days The University of North Carolina Press © 2000 The University of North Carolina Press All rights. EDITED BY GARY W. GALLAGHER Area of operations , April - July 1862. Chapel Hill and London.
... OF 1862 The Peninsula and the Seven Days The University of North Carolina Press © 2000 The University of North Carolina Press All rights. EDITED BY GARY W. GALLAGHER Area of operations , April - July 1862. Chapel Hill and London.
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... Seven Days battles , seeking to land heavy blows at Mechanicsville on the twenty- sixth , Gaines's Mill the twenty , seventh , Savage's Station the twenty , ninth . Glendale the thirtieth , and Malvern Hill on July 1. Introduction.
... Seven Days battles , seeking to land heavy blows at Mechanicsville on the twenty- sixth , Gaines's Mill the twenty , seventh , Savage's Station the twenty , ninth . Glendale the thirtieth , and Malvern Hill on July 1. Introduction.
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... July l juxtaposes Union guns slaughter- ing Confederate infantry against southern batteries being pounded into sub- mission before they could have any impact on the battle . Keith S. Bohannon's essay revises this traditional picture in ...
... July l juxtaposes Union guns slaughter- ing Confederate infantry against southern batteries being pounded into sub- mission before they could have any impact on the battle . Keith S. Bohannon's essay revises this traditional picture in ...
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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