To the Gates of Richmond: The Peninsula Campaign

Stephen W. Sears

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2001 - Peninsular Campaign, 1862 - 468 pages

To the Gates of Richmond charts the Peninsula Campaign of 1862, General 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 of the war. Intelligent and well researched, To the Gates of Richmond vividly recounts one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War.

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Robert E. Lee's overly ambitious tactics, poorly drafted orders, and the Army of Northern Virginia's sloppy execution of his battle plans, are highlighted in Stephen W. Sears's history of the ...

TO THE GATES OF RICHMOND: The Peninsula Campaign

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In George B. McClellan (1988) and his work editing the papers of the Union general, Sears established himself as the critical but indispensable authority on flawed ``Little Mac.'' Now, in a stirring ...

Contents

• Enemy at the Gates: 63
• The Seven Days: 179
• Battle of Savages Station June 29 1862: 273
• Battle of Glendale: 297
• Battle of Malvern Hill: 328
• The Armies at Yorktown: 359
• The Armies at Seven Pines: 369
• The Armies in the Seven Days: 379
• Acknowledgments: 393
• Bibliography: 437
• Index: 451

About the author

STEPHEN W. SEARS is the author of many award-winning books on the Civil War, including Gettysburg and Landscape Turned Red . A former editor at American Heritage, he lives in Connecticut.,

Bibliographic information

• Title: To the Gates of Richmond: The Peninsula Campaign
• Author: Stephen W. Sears
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2001
• ISBN: 0618127135, 9780618127139
• Length: 468 pages