Peninsula Campaign

Mr. Green HT-SD Civil War

McClellan’s ORIGINAL Plan for the Spring 1862

He wanted to go up the Rappahannock river aside from facing the army head on

Lincoln’s reaction to the Peninsula plan

Lincoln want convinced johnston wouldn't come to them

A quaker gun

Not actually a gun they are logs trimmed to look like an artillery piece

Joseph Johnston (Peninsula Campaign)

he lead the confederates and was shot in the shoulder and while recovering he was replaced by lee

McClellan’s Army (size, movement, etc.)

MASSIVE but slow

John Bankhead Magruder

he used to be an actor the one who made his small army really loud and seemingly big to make McClellon pee himself

Drewry’s Bluff

stopped this naval attack on the city of Richmond

Richmond (capital, manufacturing, railroads)

Confederate capital had a large iron manufacturing company + Richmond and Petersburg Railroad

Tredegar Iron Works

Yorktown - Were bankhead scared McClellan and johnston was told

told to stay out because The navy was no longer tenable

Battle of Seven Pines

Johnston was wounded which gave robert e lee a spot to command, Lee wants to bring jackson's army from shenandoah valley to threaten the railroad

Chickahominy River (Union army split)

it was flooded and split McClellan's army

Thaddeus Lowe

he recommended to use hot air balloons as drones making reliable maps of battlefield areas and enemy positions he was for the union

Robert E. Lee

A brilliant commander who replaced Johnson

Battle of Seven Days (location)

Right outside the city richmond by 20m miles

Battle of Seven Days (jacksons actions)

jackson sweeps the left flank but is later than expected robert handled this because instead of playing defense he played offense at beaver dam creek

Battle of Seven Days (McClellon actions)

creek McClellon won but retreats but ordered to stay north of the river lee wants to cut the rail road lee the confederates smash through the line on the third day the army begins its march and spreads his army on 4 different roads

Battle of Seven Days (concluding actions)

the confederates use a railroad gun, the white oak swamp and crossroads slow down the confederates the clash once again at either side of the long ridge road this slices the army of the potomac into two the confederates obtain 16 cannons McClellon retreats again lee's army had 5,000+ casualties

Harrison’s Landing

this is were mcclellan retreated and mcclellan asked for more material

Army of Northern Virginia

Lee’s Army