The Peninsula and Seven Days: A Battlefield Guide

Often cited as one of the most decisive campaigns in military history, the Seven Days Battles were the first campaign in which Robert E. Lee led the Army of Northern Virginia-as well as the first in which Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson worked together. In this guidebook, the acknowledged expert on the Seven Days Battles conducts readers, tourists, and armchair travelers through the history and terrain of this pivotal series of Civil War battles. Maps and descriptive overviews of the battles guide readers to key locales and evoke a sense of what participants on either side saw in 1862. From the beginning of George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign, which culminated in the Seven Days, to the bloody battles that saved the Confederate capital from capture, this guide unfolds the strategies, routes, and key engagements of this critical campaign, offering today's visitors and Civil War enthusiasts the clearest picture yet of what happened during the Seven Days. Brian K. Burton is a professor of management, associate dean of the College of Business and Economics, and MBA program director at Western Washington University. He is the author of Extraordinary Circumstances: The Seven Days Battles.

Author: Brian K. Burton
Publisher: Bison
Published: 05/01/2007
Pages: 174
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 9.14h x 5.85w x 0.41d
ISBN13: 9780803262461
ISBN10: 0803262469
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- Travel | United States | South | South Atlantic (DC, DE, FL, GA, MD,
- Travel | Special Interest | General

About the Author
Brian K. Burton is a professor of management, associate dean of the College of Business and Economics, and MBA program director at Western Washington University. He is the author of Extraordinary Circumstances: The Seven Days Battles.