Army of the Potomac : McClellan's First Campaign, March 1862-May 1862.
McClellan's First Campaign, the 3rd volume of Russel Beatie's masterful series, covers the pivotal early months of General George McClellan's Peninsula Campaign through the siege of Yorktown, the pursuit toward Richmond, and the fighting at Williamsburg. As he did in his first two vol...
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Imprint: | Havertown : Savas Beatie, 2007. |
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505 | 0 | |a Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Dramatis Personae -- The Bridge at Harpers Ferry -- Power Over Promotion Fades -- Another Busy Month of March -- Lincoln Takes Charge -- Pursuit-After a Fashion -- A Courier Arrives Late -- The New Plan and the Navy -- Banks up the Valley . . . Timidly -- Shields Reconnoiters from Winchester -- Kimball Shines at First Winchester -- Shields and Sumner: A Contrast in Officer Pools -- Old Problems Become New Problems -- A New Organization for New Battles -- Fort Monroe: Place of Surprises -- The Safety of Washington -- Yorktown: Place of Disappointments -- The Plans go to Hell -- The Search for a New Plan -- Lee's Mill: Chance for a Breakthrough -- The Navy: A Dichotomy and a Conundrum -- The Decision (April 17, 1862) -- The Siege of Yorktown -- The Confederates Flee -- McClellan Chooses the Wrong Position -- The Cavalry Pursues -- Williamsburg: The Corps Organization Debuts -- McClellan, Battlefield Leader -- McClellan's Performance Versus Lincoln's Contribution -- Bibliography -- INDEX. | |
520 | |a McClellan's First Campaign, the 3rd volume of Russel Beatie's masterful series, covers the pivotal early months of General George McClellan's Peninsula Campaign through the siege of Yorktown, the pursuit toward Richmond, and the fighting at Williamsburg. As he did in his first two volumes, Beatie tells the story largely through the eyes and from the perspective of high ranking officers, staff officers, and politicians. This study is based upon extensive firsthand research (including many previously unused and unpublished sources) that rewrites the history of Little Mac's inaugural effort to push his way up the peninsula and capture Richmond in one bold campaign. In meticulous fashion, Beatie examines many heretofore unknown, ignored, or misunderstood facts and events and uses them to evaluate the campaign in the most balanced historical context to date. Every aspect of these critically important weeks is examined, from how McClellan's Urbanna plan unraveled and led to the birth of the expedition that debarked at Fort Monroe in March 1862, to the aftermath of Williamsburg. There were many reasons why the march to Richmond did not move as expeditiously as many hoped it would, though until now, few of these reasons have been satisfactorily (or even fairly) explored. President Abraham Lincoln's interference, both politically and militarily, argues the author, lengthened considerably McClellan's odds of success. Just one example was the president's tampering with the corps command structure. Lincoln's experiment undermined his army commander by elevating the wrong men to positions of importance, a sad fact amply demonstrated by the inept leadership displayed before Yorktown and during the important fighting at Williamsburg.Beatie is the first author to deeply investigate and expose the role of the Navy in the Yorktown episode. His sweeping and | ||
520 | 8 | |a convincing conclusion is that if the Navy had done what it promised it would do-what it could have done, but refused to do-Yorktown would have fallen weeks sooner than it did. | |
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650 | 0 | |a Command of troops -- History -- 19th century. | |
650 | 0 | |a United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. | |
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