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Hancock’s Reconnaissance Contact with Magruder’s line of defenders brought the Union advance to a complete stop. Operating under an inflated view of the Confederate strength and unwilling to walk into a poor tactical situation the Federals drew up a line and considered their options. On the 6th BG William F, Smith ordered BG Winfield Scott […]
Before the Seven Days – Advance to the Chickahominy Part 3
September 26th, 2012 · No Comments
Categories: Before the Seven Days (Campaign Series)
Tags: · Peninsular Campaign, siege of yorktown
The Best Books on the Seven Days and the Peninsula
July 1st, 2012 · No Comments
Books Focusing on The Peninsula Campaign and the Seven Days On this, the 150th anniversary of the last day of the Seven Days at Malvern Hill, it seemed appropriate to offer up a list of the top books on McClellan’s great effort to reach Richmond and end the war quickly from March-July 1862. The Peninsula […]
Categories: 150 Years Ago in the Civil War · Best Civil War Books · Civil War Books
Tags: · batlle of oak grove, battle of fair oaks, battle of frayser's farm, battle of gaines mill, battle of glendale, battle of hanover courthouse, battle of malvern hill, battle of mechanicsville, battle of savage's station, battle of seven pines, battle of williamsburg, brian k. burton, css virginia, extraordinary circumstances, hune 27 1862, july 1 1862, June 1 1862, june 25 1862, june 26 1862, june 28 1862, june 29 1862, june 30 1862, may 27 1862, may 31 1862, may 5 1862, peninsula campaign, seven days battles, siege of yorktown, stephen w. sears, to the gates of richmond, uss monitor
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