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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... Army of the Potomac into a formi- dable force that he declined to risk in active operations . A staunch Demo- crat , he also quarreled with his president and Republicans in Congress over what kind of war the North should wage . Gen ...
... Army of the Potomac into a formi- dable force that he declined to risk in active operations . A staunch Demo- crat , he also quarreled with his president and Republicans in Congress over what kind of war the North should wage . Gen ...
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... army lacked tactical polish but nevertheless generated immense dividends . The Seven Days saved Rich- mond , inspirited a Confederate people numbed by dismal military news from other theaters , and helped set the stage for a strategic ...
... army lacked tactical polish but nevertheless generated immense dividends . The Seven Days saved Rich- mond , inspirited a Confederate people numbed by dismal military news from other theaters , and helped set the stage for a strategic ...
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... army , it soon became obvious that whatever strategy the North adopted in the Eastern Theater would confront enormous obstacles . Hindsight eventually would reveal that Lee's accession to command probably lengthened the conflict by more ...
... army , it soon became obvious that whatever strategy the North adopted in the Eastern Theater would confront enormous obstacles . Hindsight eventually would reveal that Lee's accession to command probably lengthened the conflict by more ...
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... army commander . Even when bridges and fortifications deemed essential to movement had been completed . Mc- Clellan chose to remain at rest . No one better understood this phase of the campaign than Brig . Gen. John G. Barnard , the army's ...
... army commander . Even when bridges and fortifications deemed essential to movement had been completed . Mc- Clellan chose to remain at rest . No one better understood this phase of the campaign than Brig . Gen. John G. Barnard , the army's ...
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... 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 more famous attacks by George E ...
... 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 more famous attacks by George E ...
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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