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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... forces , aggressively attacked the Union army . Casualties for the entire campaign exceeded 50,000 , more than 35,000 of whom fell during the Seven Days . The Richmond campaign is significant not just for the ferocity of the fighting ...
... forces , aggressively attacked the Union army . Casualties for the entire campaign exceeded 50,000 , more than 35,000 of whom fell during the Seven Days . The Richmond campaign is significant not just for the ferocity of the fighting ...
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... 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, Joseph E. Johnston , the Con- federacy's ...
... 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, Joseph E. Johnston , the Con- federacy's ...
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... forces to march up the Peninsula ; by mid - July all but the most obtuse observers knew the war would continue in a more all - encompassing manner . Taken overall , the ram1fications were such that the Richmond campaign must be reckoned ...
... forces to march up the Peninsula ; by mid - July all but the most obtuse observers knew the war would continue in a more all - encompassing manner . Taken overall , the ram1fications were such that the Richmond campaign must be reckoned ...
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... forces held out the promise of freedom to African Americans willing to accept the risk of trying to escape ; those who stayed with their Confederate masters experi- enced a loosening of the bonds of slavery . In sum . notes Marten , the ...
... forces held out the promise of freedom to African Americans willing to accept the risk of trying to escape ; those who stayed with their Confederate masters experi- enced a loosening of the bonds of slavery . In sum . notes Marten , the ...
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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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