Peninsula campaign
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The Peninsula campaign of the American Civil War was a major Union operation launched in southeastern Virginia from March to July 1862, the first large-scale offensive in the Eastern Theater. The oper
George B. McClellan and Joseph E. Johnston, respective commanders of the Union and Confederate armies in the Peninsula campaign
Brig. Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman
Brig. Gen. Erasmus D. Keyes
Maj. Gen. D. H. Hill
Seven Days Battles
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The Seven Days Battles were a series of seven battles over seven days from June 25 to July 1, 1862, near Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War. Confederate General Robert E. Lee drove the
Peninsula campaign
…successful against the equally cautious General Joseph E. Johnston, but the emergence of the more aggressive General Robert E. Lee turned the subsequent Seven Days Battles into a humiliating Union defeat. McClellan landed his army at Fort Monroe and moved northwest, up the Virginia Peninsula. Confederate Brigadier General…
George B. McClellan and Robert E. Lee, respective commanders of the Union and Confederate armies in the Seven Days Battles
Brig. Gen. William B. Franklin