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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... Seven Days ' Battles , 1862. 3. Richmond ( Va . ) - History - Civil War , 1861-1865 . I. Gallagher , Gary W. E473.6.R54 2000 99-058608 973-7'32 - dc21 04 03 02 01 00 5 4 3 2 1 For the staff at the University of North Carolina Press.
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The Peninsula and the Seven Days Gary W. Gallagher. For the staff at the University of North Carolina Press CONTENTS Introduction ix A Civil War Watershed : The 1862.
The Peninsula and the Seven Days Gary W. Gallagher. For the staff at the University of North Carolina Press CONTENTS Introduction ix A Civil War Watershed : The 1862.
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... staff work at army headquarters and to Lee's sometimes vague orders . Had the com- manding general identified in Magruder the potential that he obviously saw in Jackson , Carmichael believes he would handled " Prince John " differently ...
... staff work at army headquarters and to Lee's sometimes vague orders . Had the com- manding general identified in Magruder the potential that he obviously saw in Jackson , Carmichael believes he would handled " Prince John " differently ...
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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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