BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, xii, 371 pgs, index, references, sources, maps, illustrations. Stated First Edition / First Printing. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Fine; interior is clean and tight. Unclipped DJ is lightly rubbed, soiled on rear panel, else near fine in mylar sleeve. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: Excellent use of the participants' words, both military and civilian, to tell of this Union campaign after the defeats in the summer of 1861.

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Title

SWORD OVER RICHMOND: An Eyewitness History of McClellan's Peninsula Campaign

Publisher

HarperCollins, NY

Publication Date

1986

Language

English

ISBN 10

0060155299

ISBN 13

9780060155292

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Near Fine

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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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Union General George McClellan's attempt to capture the Confederate capital in 1862, one of the most significant campaigns of the Civil War, has been comparatively neglected by popular historians, probably because of its complexity and seeming lack of coherent structure. Wheeler (A Special Valor recounts it in a way that should attract a large readership: the judicious use of extensive quotes by participants and observers, linked by expositional passages of remarkable clarity, supported by good maps. The political and strategic aspects of the campaign are given fair due, but the emphasis is on the human element. The central incidents on which the personal narratives hang include the Monitor-Merrimac battle, "Stonewall" Jackson's diversionary maneuvers in the Shenandoah Valley and Lee's daring counteroffensive in the Seven Days Battles. The book is rich in dramatic anecdote, telling detail and eloquence. BOMC alternate.
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