The Seven Days: The Emergence of Lee - Softcover

Dowdey, Clifford

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Synopsis

During the Seven Days Campaign--the series of battles fought near Richmond at the end of June 1862--General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia routed General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac. Although the Confederates repulsed the powerful offensive of the Yankees, they failed to win a complete and decisive victory. The campaign had far-reaching consequences for both sides: depriving McClellan of a military decision meant the war would continue for two more years, and the chance for Southern victory would never come again. The Seven Days memorably depicts a turning point in the war and in American history.

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About the Author

Clifford Dowdey's other works include Lee's Last Campaign: The Story of Lee and His Men against Grant--1864. Robert K. Krick, whose introduction to The Seven Days takes up current scholarship, is the author of Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain, winner of the Douglas Southall Freeman Award.

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