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Fair Oaks 1862 - McClellan's Peninsular Campaign

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Campaign Series - American Civil & Revolutionary Wars

MSRP old price: $25.00


Product Info

Title
Fair Oaks 1862 - McClellan's Peninsular Campaign
Publisher
Category
Author
Angus Konstam
Publish Year
2003
Pages
96
Dimensions
8x10x.25"
NKG Part #
2147398267
MFG. Part #
OSPCAM124
Type
Softcover
Series
CAM124

Description

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.