Campaigns Of The Civil War Volume Iii

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The Peninsula Campaign (also known as the Peninsular Campaign) of the American Civil War was a major Union operation launched in southeastern Virginia from March through July 1862, the first large-scale offensive in the Eastern Theater. The operation, commanded by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, was an amphibious turning movement against the Confederate States Army in Northern Virginia, intended to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond. McClellan was initially successful against the equally cautious General Joseph E. Johnston, but the emergence of the aggressive General Robert E. Lee turned the subsequent Seven Days Battles into a humiliating Union defeat. Contents: Preface. Chapter 1 - General Mcclellan And The Army Of The Potomac. Chapter 2 - Campaign Plans. Chapter 3 - Active Operations.—Siege Of Yorktown. Chapter 4 - Forward From Yorktown-Battle Of Williamsburg. Chapter 5 - To The Chickahominy — Mcdowell — Jackson In The Shenandoah Valley—Affair Of Hanover Court House. Chapter 6 - Battle Of Fair Oaks. Chapter 7 - Withdrawal To The James.—The "Seven Days” Battle." Battle Of Gaines' Mill Battle Of Allen's Farm. Battle Of Savage's Station. Battle Of Glendale, Or Nelson's Farm. Chapter 8 - Battle Of Malvern Hill. Chapter 9 – Termnation Of The Campaign

Excerpt from Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Vol. 3: Part II, Being for the Most Part Contributions by Union and Confederate Officers; Based Upon "the Century War Series" Longstreet's arrangements had been made to attack Round Top, and his orders issued with a view to turning it, when General Lee decided that the assault should be made on Cemetery Ridge by Pickett's and Pettigrew's di visions, with part of Trimble's. Longstreet formed these in two lines - Pickett on the right, supported by Wilcox; Pettigrew on the left, with Lane's and Scales's brigades under Trimble in the second line. Hill was ordered to hold his line with the remainder of his corps, six brigades, give Longstreet assistance if required, and avail himself of any success that might be gained. Finally a powerful artillery force, about one hundred and fifty guns, was ordered to prepare the way for the assault by cannonade. The necessary arrangements caused delay, and before notice of this could be received by Ewell, Johnson, as we have seen, was attacked, so that the contest was over on the left before that at the center was begun. The hoped-for concert of action in the Confederate attacks was lost from the beginning. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Civil War by Campaigns But little attention has'been paid to the movements of the various corps of the armies upon the field of battle. Too great detail has been purposely avoided. Those who desire this phase of the war are referred to the comprehensive works. Many interesting minor events have been barely mentioned, some omitted entirely. The war was full of dramatic incidents. Books might be written, and in fact have been written, upon them. My aim is to present here only the main facts of the war, with now and again an incident appended to enliven and em bellish the study of the movements of these ponderous armies in their Titanic struggles. It is hoped that the omission of technical terms and the use of the campaign methods of treatment, illustrated by the mili tary campaign maps, will be the means of so simplifying the subject that even the casual student may gain a clear idea of the various campaigns of the war in the minimum of time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Vol. 3: Being for the Most Part Contributions by Union and Confederate Officers Illustrations: The Washington Artillery on Marye's Hill Firing upon the Union Columns forming for the Assault (a. C. Redwood) - James A. Seddon, Secretary of War to the Southern Confederacy, from photo. Lent by James Blair Winter Sport in a Confederate Camp (a. C. Red/wood). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.