To the Gates of Richmond

The Peninsula Campaign

Stephen W. Sears

• Éditeur: Mariner Books
• Année: 2014
• ISBN:
  9780547527550
• Sujet: History
• Sous-sujet: American Civil War History

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

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–...