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This account of McClellan's 1862 campaign is "a wonderful book" (Ken Burns) and "military history at its best" (
The New York Times Book Review).
From "the finest and most provocative Civil War historian writing today," To the Gates of Richmond is the story of the one of the conflict's bloodiest campaigns ( Chicago Tribune). Of the 250,000 men who fought in it, only a fraction had ever been in battle before—and one in four was killed, wounded, or missing in action by the time the fighting ended.
The operation was Gen. George McClellan's grand scheme to march up the Virginia Peninsula and take the Confederate capital. For three months McClellan battled his way toward Richmond, but then Robert E. Lee took command of the Confederate forces. In seven days, Lee drove the cautious McClellan out, thereby changing the course, if not the outcome, of the war.
"Deserves to be a classic." — The Washington Post
From "the finest and most provocative Civil War historian writing today," To the Gates of Richmond is the story of the one of the conflict's bloodiest campaigns ( Chicago Tribune). Of the 250,000 men who fought in it, only a fraction had ever been in battle before—and one in four was killed, wounded, or missing in action by the time the fighting ended.
The operation was Gen. George McClellan's grand scheme to march up the Virginia Peninsula and take the Confederate capital. For three months McClellan battled his way toward Richmond, but then Robert E. Lee took command of the Confederate forces. In seven days, Lee drove the cautious McClellan out, thereby changing the course, if not the outcome, of the war.
"Deserves to be a classic." — The Washington Post
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Index
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | O | N | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
A
abatis, definition of, 70
Abbott, Lt. Henry L., 141
Abercrombie, Brig. Gen. John J., 327
abolitionists, 4, 40, 351
acoustic shadows. See communications
Adams house, 213
aerial reconnaissance, xii; Federal, 41, 43, 54, 62, 125–26, 196, 412 n 12; Confederate, 54–55, 216, 255, 278, 289, 342, 423 n 4
Alabama troops, 221, 242; regiments, 3rd, 327, 332; 4th, 120, 248; 5th, 52, 69, 142; 6th, 127–28; 9th, 73, 240, 245, 296, 431 n 16; 10th, 73, 431 n 16; 11th, 37, 130, 298, 299; 14th, 42–43, 303; 15th, 229, 230; Jeff Davis Battery, 221
Alexander, Lt. Col. Barton S., 260, 269
Alexander, Maj. Edward Porter, 68, 88, 140, 236, 253, 296, 298, 345; on positions, 194, 202, 214, 279; on Jackson, 208, 250, 268; balloon ascensions, 216, 255, 278, 289, 342
Alexander’s Bridge, 213, 224, 269, 428 n 18
Alexandria, Va., 22, 23, 28, 32, 34
Allegheny Range, 97
Allen’s Farm, Battle of, 265–66, 267, 272
Alligator (submarine), 259
Ames, Lt. Adelbert, 325
Amsden, Lt. Frank P., 298
Anderson, Carter S., 175
Anderson, Brig. Gen. George B., 126, 127, 326
Anderson, Col. George T., 258, 265, 333
Anderson, Brig. Gen. Joseph R., 203, 223, 226, 306
Anderson, Brig. Gen. Richard H., 73, 74, 83, 293, 313
Annapolis, Md., 5, 8, 15, 22, 23
Antietam Creek, 356
Appomattox River, 190, 259, 339
Archer, Brig. Gen. James J., 203, 204, 223, 226
Armistead, Pvt. Drury L., 140
Armistead, Brig. Gen. Lewis A., 313–17 passim, 322–23, 324, 326, 332, 334
armor, body, 253
Army of Northern Virginia, 46, 151; threatens Washington, 4–...
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- Map
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Maps
- Introduction
- THE GRAND CAMPAIGN
- Seven Days to Decision
- Stride of a Giant
- Siege
- ENEMY AT THE GATES
- A Fighting Retreat
- Photos I
- March to the Chickahominy
- Battle at the Seven Pines
- Lee Takes Command
- THE SEVEN DAYS
- “Stonewall Is Behind Them!”
- Gaines’s Mill
- The Flight
- Photos II
- Opportunity at Glendale
- The Guns of Malvern Hill
- Richmond Delivered
- Appendixes
- Appendix I
- Appendix II
- Appendix III
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Map
- About the Author