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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... Virginia frontier . The opposing commanders during that uneventful period were a well , matched pair who preferred planning to campaigning , contem- plating lines of advance and retreat to fighting battles , and protecting their ...
... Virginia frontier . The opposing commanders during that uneventful period were a well , matched pair who preferred planning to campaigning , contem- plating lines of advance and retreat to fighting battles , and protecting their ...
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... Virginia . It propelled Lee to the fore , where he im- mediately altered the strategic picture by dictating the action to a compliant McClellan . Lee's initial experience directing an army lacked tactical polish but nevertheless ...
... Virginia . It propelled Lee to the fore , where he im- mediately altered the strategic picture by dictating the action to a compliant McClellan . Lee's initial experience directing an army lacked tactical polish but nevertheless ...
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... Virginia . The Richmond campaign also figured prominently in the North's decision to wage a harsher war against the Confederacy . The most obvious compo- nent of the new policy involved freeing rebel slaves . William A. Blair looks at ...
... Virginia . The Richmond campaign also figured prominently in the North's decision to wage a harsher war against the Confederacy . The most obvious compo- nent of the new policy involved freeing rebel slaves . William A. Blair looks at ...
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... Virginia . The general and his soldiers built on that foundation to create one of the most famous and effective military partner- ships in American history . No episode in the Richmond campaign exceeded in dramatic power the futile ...
... Virginia . The general and his soldiers built on that foundation to create one of the most famous and effective military partner- ships in American history . No episode in the Richmond campaign exceeded in dramatic power the futile ...
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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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