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 faced off on the peninsula between the York and James Rivers. The climactic clash came on June 26-July 1 in what became known as the Seven Days battles, when Lee, newly appointed as commander of the Confederate 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. This book offers nine essays in which well-known Civil War historians explore questions regarding high command, strategy and tactics, the effects of the fighting upon politics and society both North and South, and the ways in which emancipation figured in the campaign. The authors have consulted previously untapped manuscript sources and reinterpreted more familiar evidence, sometimes focusing closely on the fighting around Richmond and sometimes looking more broadly at the background and consequences of the campaign. Contributors: William A. Blair Keith S. Bohannon Peter S. Carmichael Gary W. Gallagher John T. Hubbell R. E. L. Krick Robert K. Krick James Marten William J. Miller |
Contents
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The Seven Days of George Brinton McClellan | 28 |
McClellan and His Engineers on the Chickahominy | 44 |
Stonewall Jackson in the Seven Days | 66 |
John Bankhead Magruder and the Seven Days | 96 |
Loyalty and Race in the Peninsula Campaign and Beyond | 121 |
Convincing Moderates in the North of the Need for a Hard War | 153 |
The Decisive Charge of Whitings Division at Gainess Mill | 181 |
Union and Confederate Artillery at the Battle of Malvern Hill | 217 |
Bibliographic Essay | 251 |
Contributors | 257 |
Index | 259 |
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The Richmond Campaign of 1862: The Peninsula and the Seven Days Gary W. Gallagher Limited preview - 2000 |
The Richmond Campaign of 1862: The Peninsula and the Seven Days Gary W. Gallagher No preview available - 2008 |
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