The Peninsular Campaign begins at the Battle of Williamsburg: Major General James Longstreet, commanding the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia fights to a draw against the compulsory Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Major General George McClellan. More than 4,000 Americans are killed.
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References:
Bruce Catton, The Civil War, (New York: American Heritage, 1960; Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1987), 288.
American Civil War, 1862
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAcivilwar3.htm
Battle of Williamsburg – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Williamsburg
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