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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... manding general identified in Magruder the potential that he obviously saw in Jackson , Carmichael believes he would handled " Prince John " differently . Although solid work in Texas lay ahead for Magruder after xii Introduction.
... manding general identified in Magruder the potential that he obviously saw in Jackson , Carmichael believes he would handled " Prince John " differently . Although solid work in Texas lay ahead for Magruder after xii Introduction.
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The Peninsula and the Seven Days Gary W. Gallagher. Although solid work in Texas lay ahead for Magruder after the Seven Days , notes Carmichael , he never escaped the damning shadow of his travails out- side Richmond in 1862 . The sixth ...
The Peninsula and the Seven Days Gary W. Gallagher. Although solid work in Texas lay ahead for Magruder after the Seven Days , notes Carmichael , he never escaped the damning shadow of his travails out- side Richmond in 1862 . The sixth ...
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... Texas Brigade to fame as the army's finest shock troops . Krick reminds readers that the offen- sive at Gaines's Mill was the largest ever mounted by any Confederate army , its 5o,ooo participants far exceeding the number involved in ...
... Texas Brigade to fame as the army's finest shock troops . Krick reminds readers that the offen- sive at Gaines's Mill was the largest ever mounted by any Confederate army , its 5o,ooo participants far exceeding the number involved in ...
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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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