To the Gates of Richmond

Name: To the Gates of Richmond
Rating: 4.6 (355 reviews)

by Stephen W. Sears

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To the Gates of Richmond tells the story of George B. McClellan’s 1862 Peninsula Campaign, the Union attempt to capture the Confederate capital by advancing up the Virginia Peninsula. Sears follows the siege of Yorktown, the approach to Richmond and the Seven Days Battles, showing how delays, faulty intelligence and aggressive Confederate responses under Robert E. Lee changed the campaign. The book explains why a promising Union strategy ended in retreat and prolonged the war in the East.