The Peninsula and Seven Days
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The Peninsula and Seven Days

A Battlefield Guide

  1. 150 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Peninsula and Seven Days

A Battlefield Guide

About this book

Often cited as one of the most decisive campaigns in military history, the Seven Days Battles were the first campaign in which Robert E. Lee led the Army of Northern Virginia—as well as the first in which Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson worked together. In this guidebook, the acknowledged expert on the Seven Days Battles conducts readers, tourists, and armchair travelers through the history and terrain of this pivotal series of Civil War battles. Maps and descriptive overviews of the battles guide readers to key locales and evoke a sense of what participants on either side saw in 1862. From the beginning of George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign, which culminated in the Seven Days, to the bloody battles that saved the Confederate capital from capture, this guide unfolds the strategies, routes, and key engagements of this critical campaign, offering today's visitors and Civil War enthusiasts the clearest picture yet of what happened during the Seven Days.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction
  4. How to Use This Guide
  5. The Road to the Peninsula
  6. The Peninsula Campaign, April 4–May 15, 1862
  7. Introduction to the Tour of the Early Peninsula Campaign
  8. STOP 1: Johnston’s Headquarters
  9. STOP 2: Young’s Mill
  10. STOP 3: Lee’s Mill
  11. STOP 4: Skiffes Creek
  12. STOP 5: Dam No. 1
  13. STOP 6: The Lines at Yorktown
  14. STOP 7: Hancock’s Fight
  15. STOP 8: Fort Magruder
  16. STOP 9: Hooker’s Fight
  17. Optional Excursion 1: Fort Monroe
  18. Optional Excursion 2: Warwick Court House
  19. Optional Excursion 3: Gloucester Point
  20. Optional Excursion 4: Drewry's Bluff
  21. The Peninsula Campaign, May 15–June 24, 1862
  22. Richmond National Battlefield Park Visitor Centers
  23. Overview of the First Two Days, June 25 and 26, 1862
  24. STOP 1: Lee’s Headquarters
  25. STOP 2: Lee’s Plans
  26. STOP 3: The Attack at Mechanicsville
  27. Overview of the Third Day, June 27, 1862
  28. STOP 4: Walnut Grove Church
  29. STOP 5: The Battle of Gaines’s Mill
  30. STOP 6: Cold Harbor
  31. STOP 7: Grapevine Bridge
  32. STOP 8: McClellan’s Headquarters
  33. Overview of the Fourth and Fifth Days, June 28 and 29, 1862
  34. STOP 9: The Mess at Savage Station
  35. Overview of the Sixth Day, June 30, 1862
  36. STOP 10: The Fizzle at White Oak Swamp
  37. STOP 11: The Action on Long Bridge Road
  38. STOP 12: The Second Union Line at Glendale
  39. Overview of the Seventh Day, July 1, 1862
  40. STOP 13 Jackson at Malvern Hill
  41. STOP 14 Magruder at Malvern Hill
  42. STOP 15 The Union Line at Malvern Hill
  43. The Peninsula Campaign, July 2–Au gust 26, 1862
  44. Optional Excursion 1: Polegreen Church
  45. Optional Excursion 2: Confusion on the Farms
  46. Optional Excursion 3: Malvern Cliff
  47. Optional Excursion 4: Harrison's Landing
  48. Appendix A: Early Peninsula Campaign Orders of Battle
  49. Appendix B: Seven Days Order of Battle
  50. Appendix C: Organization, Weapons, and Tactics
  51. Sources
  52. Suggestions for Further Reading