The Peninsula and Seven Days: A Battlefield Guide (This

The Peninsula and Seven Days: A Battlefield Guide (This Hallowed Ground: Guides to Civil War Battlefields)

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 Virginiaâ€”as well as the first in which Lee and Thomas â€œStonewallâ€ 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.
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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. McClellanâ€™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 todayâ€™s visitors and Civil War enthusiasts the clearest picture yet of what happened during the Seven Days.
Country USA
Brand Bison Books
Manufacturer Bison Books
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780803262461
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

The Peninsula and Seven Days: A Battlefield Guide (This Hallowed Ground: Guides to Civil War Battlefields)