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| In 1862, Major General George B. McClellan, commander of the Union forces, devised a simple plan to end the Confederate rebellion against the United States. He would take the Army of the Potomac, sail it south to the peninsula between the York and James Rivers in Virginia, and rapidly march on to Richmond. There he would fight a decisive battle, capture the Confederate capital and end the war. The campaign did not go as planned, however, and the war dragged on for three more bloody years. You are invited to retrace the steps of the Union and Confederate armies as they made history during the 1862 Peninsula Campaign.
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Braxton Gutierrez, Site Manager |
John V. Quarstein, Director
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Tracy Norcutt-Eley, Site Manager |
We wish to thank the
Association for the Preservation of Civil War Sites (APCWS) for assisting in the creation
of this website and WHRO Public Telecommunications Center
for Hampton Roads for hosting and designing this site. ©1999-2000 The Virginia War Museum. All rights reserved. |
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