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Bezig met laden... The Peninsula Campaign Of 1862: Yorktown To The Seven Days, Vol. 1 (Campaign Chronicles Series)door William J. Miller
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The first of three volumes. The Civil War's Peninsula Campaign (March through July 1862) was the first large-scale Union operation in Virginia to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond. The operation was organized and led by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, whose amphibious turning operation was initially successful in landing troops at the tip of the Virginia peninsula against the cautious Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. When Johnston was wounded at Seven Pines at the end of May outside Richmond, however, Gen. Robert E. Lee was elevated to command the Army of Northern Virginia. His su Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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2. Sauers, important discussion of the Pennsylvania Reserves in the campaign.
3. Ruffner, enlightening account of the reorganization issues faced by the Confederates at the beginning of the campaign, resulting in the Conscription Act
4. Bearss, blow by blow account of Stuart’s ride around McClellan’s army
5. Sommers, fascinatingly detailed daily diary entries from a Federal private
6. Miller, convenient daily summary of the campaign ( )