The Richmond Campaign of 1862: The Peninsula and the Seven Days (Military Campaigns of the Civil War)
Editorial Reviews
Review
No where else is so deep a consideration of these and other ponderable aspects of this campaign so conveniently or compellingly condensed as in this splendid volume. (Virginia Quarterly Revie)
Offers a series of solidly researched and easily readable essays written by well-known professional and amateur historians. (Richmond Times Dispatch)
The essays are well written and offer interesting insights. (North & South)
[Provides] a deeper understanding of the campaign's importance and its place in the larger framework of the war. (America's Civil War)
These essays probe longstanding questions and flesh out credible answers relative to the first major offensive of Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia. (James I. Robertson Jr., Virginia Tech)
Book Description
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
The Richmond Campaign of 1862: The Peninsula and the Seven Days (Military Campaigns of the Civil War)
The Richmond Campaign of 1862: The Peninsula and the Seven Days (Military Campaigns of the Civil War),Gary W. Gallagher,The University of North Carolina Press,0807825522,Civil War, 1861-1865,History,History - Military / War,History: American,Military - General,Military - United States,Military History - U.S. Civil War,Peninsular Campaign, 1862,Richmond (Va.),Seven Days' Battles, Va., 1862,United States - Civil War,United States - State & Local - General,American history: c 1800 to c 1900,Battles & campaigns,Civil war,History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877),Land forces & warfare,USA,Virginia,c 1800 to c 1900
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