... Robinson William F Sargent Horace Binney Snyder Harrison H education George McClellan James Wadsworth emancipation voting midterms The town of Harpers Ferry presented a dismal sight to the men of the Fourteenth Connecticut, “a scene of desolation” as Sgt. Maj. Henry P. Goddard remembered...

... Christian McAllister Robert education New Jersey troops Norris Thomas D Allen Thomas —Ninth Corps “Mud March” 1863 Owen Thomas J Abraham Lincoln George McClellan 1864 election veterans voting Capt. George A. Wilbur crossed the dangerous stretch of Virginia countryside between the lines...

... battle when Joseph Eggleston Johnston ordered a major attack against George McClellan's army east of Richmond and south of the Chickahominy River; the support provided by Carter and his battery to Robert Rodes's brigade; and the Seven Days Battles pitting the Confederate army, led by General Robert E...

... sides for both offensive and defensive purposes. The chapter also considers the construction of earthworks by General George McClellan of the Union, the fortification of Yorktown, and the Warwick Line, whose construction was credited to John Bankhead Magruder. In addition, it discusses the campaign...

... particular attention to his offensive against General George McClellan of the Union. It concludes by looking at Thomas J. Jackson's Shenandoah Valley campaign. Drewry's Bluff fortifications at Fort Boykin Fort Huger at Harden's Bluff Va Fort Powhatan Jamestown Island field fortifications at Smith John...

... campaigns between 1861 and 1864. The trench warfare evolved as protagonists tried to balance offensive action with defensive strategies. Both Federals and Confederates resorted to a great deal of digging during the Peninsula campaign. General George McClellan of the Union recognized the benefits of using...

... Pittsburgh Daily Gazette and Advertiser Pope Edward George McClellan disloyalty Peninsula Campaign emancipation Disease, blistering heat, horse flies, and fetid swamp water all conspired to make for a hellish camp at Harrison’s Landing, Virginia. By August 1862, the Army of the Potomac was hunkering...

... Reserve Corps Dyer J Franklin ideology George McClellan testimonial newspapers gubernatorial elections Democrats Republicans In September 1863, readers of the Wellsboro Agitator in northern Pennsylvania observed an ugly war of words between an anonymous soldier in the Army...