The Civil War on the Virginia PeninsulaThe Civil War on the Virginia Peninsula is the first comprehensive pictorial history interpreting the events that occurred on the Virginia Peninsula during the war that forever changed our nation. This volume offers over 200 fascinating images from museums, archives, and private collections throughout America; together they tell powerful stories of valor, leadership, technology, and strategy. Photographers and famous artists alike vividly portrayed soldiers, leaders, and innovations in a compelling manner that brings alive the glory and sadness of the American Civil War. This enthralling visual history chronicles the war's first year, during which the Virginia Peninsula was the focus of Union efforts to capture the Confederate capital 70 miles away at Richmond. Beginning with Union General Benjamin F. Butler's arrival at Fort Monroe in May 1861, until the time of Major General George B. McClellan's pivotal march on Richmond in the spring of 1862, the Virginia Peninsula was the scene of some of the Civil War's most critical events, including the "contraband of war" issue; the Battle of Big Bethel, the war's first land battle; the Monitor-Merrimac engagement, the first battle between ironclad ships; and the Peninsula Campaign. |
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Contents
Introduction | 7 |
The Gathering Storm | 9 |
Ben Butler and the Contrabands | 17 |
The Battle of Big Bethel | 31 |
The Burning of Hampton | 43 |
Ships and Forts | 59 |
Ironclads | 67 |
The Peninsula Campaign | 89 |
The Battle of Williamsburg | 111 |
Occupation and Surrender | 123 |
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32nd Virginia 3rd New York April artillery assault assumed command attack Baldy Smith balloon batteries battle began Ben Butler Big Bethel Brigadier burning C.S.S. Virginia Camp Butler Captain capture casualties Civil War's Confederate army Confederate defense Confederate ironclad Confederate line Confederate positions contraband Creek Curtis D.H. Hill destroy Duryee's Zouaves earthworks enemy engineer Federal fire flank force Fort Magruder Fort Monroe fortifications Franklin Buchanan George Gosport Navy Yard Hampton Roads heavy ironclad James River Johnston Jones Lee's Mill Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant John Lincoln Little Bethel Magruder's Major McClellan Merrimack military Minnesota Monroe Monroe's moved Mulberry Island naval Newport News Point Norfolk North Carolina Old Point Comfort pictured Prince John redoubt Regiment retreat Richmond rifle pits Sewell's Point shell ship shot siege slaves Southern turret U.S. Navy U.S.S. Monitor Union soldiers Union troops Virginia Peninsula Warwick River Williamsburg Winfield Scott Wool wrote York River Yorktown Young's Mill
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Civil War on the Virginia Peninsula Civil War Series Images of America The Civil War History |
| Author | John V. Quarstein |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Arcadia Publishing, 1997 |
| ISBN | 0738544388, 9780738544380 |
| Length | 128 pages |
| Subjects | › › › History / United States / State & Local / General History / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) |
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