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Waiting Game
On May 1,1862, the Army of the Potomac’s quest to take Richmond by way of the Peninsula had been stalled for nearly a month, time in which Maj. Gen. George McClellan’s Federals had labored building siege trenches and other works in front of the Confe
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How A “man Of Such Promise” Failed
On the first page of Conflict of Command, George Rable posits, “People have largely made up their mind about George McClellan—and not in the general’s favor; nor do they seem amenable to rethinking their position.” He then spends 336 pages essentiall
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The Accidental Battle Hymn
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