Download or read book To the Gates of Richmond written by Stephen W. Sears and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2001 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts General McClellan's attempt to capture Richmond by advancing up the Virginia peninsula from Yorktown, and how the campaign failed when Confederate forces under General Robert E. Lee expelled the Union forces from the peninsula.
Download or read book The Peninsula Campaign 1862 written by Joseph P. Cullen and published by Stackpole Classics. This book was released on 2018-02-28 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the detailed story of -The first serious attempt to capture Richmond -The struggle that marked the emergence of Robert E. Lee -The rise and fall of the North's great hope, General George B. McClellan In this first book on the subject in 50 years, historian Cullen presents incisive evaluations of the men and movements of the Confederate and Union Armies and disputes the long-held theory that interference form President Lincoln caused McClellan's failure. Reporting the campaign from both viewpoints, and then judging from the fascinating omniscience of history, he brings fresh research to an old subject that may be new--in this depth--to many. From the first skirmish to the concluding, bloody battle at Malvern Hill, Cullen dissects the strategies of both sides, reports the battles and skirmished, examines the character and abilities of the men who made the decisions in this early campaign that tested two newly formed armies, started Lee on his long war and brought ignominious retirement to McClellan.
Download or read book If it Takes All Summer written by William D. Matter and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 1988 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzes the Battle of Spotsylvania, in which Grant attempted to prevent Lee from reaching the Confederate capital of Richmond
Download or read book To Hell Or Richmond written by Doug Crenshaw and published by Emerging Civil War. This book was released on 2023-02-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spring of 1862, George McClellan and his massive army were slowly making their way up the Virginia Peninsula. Their goal: capture the Confederate capital and end the rebellion. This book follows the armies on their trek up the peninsula as the stakes grew enormous, surprises awaited, and the soldiers themselves had only two possible destinat
Download or read book Back Door to Richmond written by William Glenn Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Richmond Examiner During the War written by John Moncure Daniel and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Peninsula written by Alexander Stewart Webb and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memoir of the Union army's first campaign against Richmond, Virginia, by a staff officer assigned to the chief of artillery for the Army of the Potomac.
Download or read book The Peninsula Campaign Of 1862 written by William J. Miller and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 1996-11-22 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George B. McClellan got closer to Richmond than any previous Union general by a bold amphibious landing, but lost his advantage due to his own indecision and Robert E. Lee's superior generalship. The essays in this volume on the campaign include ones by Robert E. L. Krick, Terry L. Jones, Carmen B. Grayson, William J. Miller, Mac Wyckoff, and Peter S. Carmichael.
Download or read book The Spotsylvania Stump written by John Micklos Jr and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2021-08 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bloody Battle of Spotsylvania Court House took place in May 1864. The frantic back-and-forth fighting at an area now called the Bloody Angle was among the fiercest single-day battles of the entire Civil War. How did the bullet-riddled stump of a once-mighty oak tree there become a symbol of the conflict? What can its story tell us about that day's battle and the broader history of the Civil War? Readers will out the answers to these questions and discover more of what the Spotsylvania Stump can tell us about history.
Download or read book The Petersburg Campaign written by John Horn and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 1999-03-12 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title covers the series of battles leading up to the inevitable siege of Petersburg, including Drewry''s Bluff, Globe Tavern and Fort Harrison, and the siege itself, with its incessant trench warfare and and fighting along the James River.'
