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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... McClellan faced off on the peninsula between the York and James Rivers . The climactic clash came on June 26- July 1 in what became known as the Seven Days battles , when Lee , newly appointed as com- mander of the Confederate forces ...
... McClellan faced off on the peninsula between the York and James Rivers . The climactic clash came on June 26- July 1 in what became known as the Seven Days battles , when Lee , newly appointed as com- mander of the Confederate forces ...
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... McClellan 28 John T. Hubbell I Only Wait for the River : McClellan and His Engineers on the Chickahominy 44 William J. Miller Sleepless in the Saddle : Stonewall Jackson in the Seven Days 66 Robert K. Krick The Great Paragon of Virtue ...
... McClellan 28 John T. Hubbell I Only Wait for the River : McClellan and His Engineers on the Chickahominy 44 William J. Miller Sleepless in the Saddle : Stonewall Jackson in the Seven Days 66 Robert K. Krick The Great Paragon of Virtue ...
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... McClellan's opposite number , expended endless energy bickering with President Jefferson Davis over rank and other matters tangential to the protection of the national weal . McClellan finally bestirred himself to move in the spring of ...
... McClellan's opposite number , expended endless energy bickering with President Jefferson Davis over rank and other matters tangential to the protection of the national weal . McClellan finally bestirred himself to move in the spring of ...
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... McClellan withdrew southward toward a secure base on the James River . The Federals eventually retreated to Harrison's Landing , where McClellan , who had shown no disposition to hit back at the rebels , hunkered down and issued a ...
... McClellan withdrew southward toward a secure base on the James River . The Federals eventually retreated to Harrison's Landing , where McClellan , who had shown no disposition to hit back at the rebels , hunkered down and issued a ...
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... McClellan's campaign unfolded against a backdrop of widespread Federal military success that promoted enormous optimism in the Union , as well as doubts among Confederates about the viability of their cause . The Seven Days sent shock ...
... McClellan's campaign unfolded against a backdrop of widespread Federal military success that promoted enormous optimism in the Union , as well as doubts among Confederates about the viability of their cause . The Seven Days sent shock ...
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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