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Sword over Richmond

an eyewitness history of McClellan's peninsula campaign

by Richard Wheeler

Peninsular Campaign, 1862Personal narrativesHistoryMcclellan, george brinton, 1826-1885

Uses eyewitness accounts to describe General George McClellan's ill-fated attempt to capture Richmond in 1862 and explains the impact of this military failure on the course of the Civil War.

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Book data: Open Library