Angus Konstam

Fair Oaks 1862 (eBook, PDF)

McClellan's Peninsula campaign
Illustrator: Noon, Steve

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Following its humiliating defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run, General George B. McClellan took command of the Union Army of the Potomac. In the spring of 1862, having rebuilt his forces, the "Little Napoleon" devised a plan to end the war in a single campaign. Transporting his army by sea to the Virginia Peninsula, he would outflank Confederate forces and march unopposed on Richmond, the Southern capital. Excessive caution squandered the opportunity, however, and on 31 May the Confederates struck at McClellan's divided forces at Fair Oaks. This book details McClellan's controversial Peninsula campaign and the southern attempt to halt the Union juggernaut.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472853295
• Artikelnr.: 63961245

Autorenporträt

Angus Konstam is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and has written widely on naval history, with well over a hundred books in print. He is a former Royal Navy officer, maritime archaeologist and museum curator, who has worked in the Royal Armouries, Tower of London, and Mel Fisher Maritime Museum. Now a full-time author and historian, he lives in Orkney.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Origins of the Campaign
Chronology
Opposing Plans
Opposing Commanders
Opposing Armies
The Campaign
The Battle of Fair Oaks
Aftermath
The Battlefield Today
Further Reading
Index