The Battle of Fair Oaks: Turning Point of McClellan's Peninsula Campaign - Couverture souple

Broadwater, Robert P.

 
9780786458783: The Battle of Fair Oaks: Turning Point of McClellan's Peninsula Campaign
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 078645878X ISBN 13 : 9780786458783
Editeur : McFarland & Co Inc, 2011

Synopsis

In the spring of 1862, Union Major General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac launched a bloody offensive up the Virginia Peninsula in an effort to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond. This study chronicles the pivotal but often overlooked turning point of the Peninsula Campaign--the Battle of Fair Oaks, also known as Seven Pines. At Fair Oaks, Confederate troops succeeded in driving back Union forces from the edge of Richmond before the Union troops stabilized their position.

Though both sides claimed victory, the battle marked the end of the Union offensive. Robert E. Lee, J.E.B. Stuart, and Winfield Scott Hancock all rose to national prominence for their roles at Fair Oaks, while McClellan saw his reputation ruined. In the end, the legacy of Fair Oaks is one of missed chances and faulty execution, ensuring the war would continue for nearly three more years.

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À propos de l'auteur

The late Robert P. Broadwater wrote more than 35 books of military history and more than 100 magazine articles dealing with the American Civil War and the Revolutionary War. He lived in Pennsylvania.

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Éditeur
McFarland & Co Inc
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
078645878X
ISBN 13 
9780786458783
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
219
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
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