Peninsula campaign
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Was a major Union operation launched in southeastern Virginia from March to July 1862 during the American Civil War.
Chronology
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March 1862: Union General George B. McClellan landed his army at Fort Monroe.
May 1862: Union troop maneuver preceding the Battle of Williamsburg.
August 1862: General George B. McClellan received the order to retreat from the Virginia Peninsula in 1862 during the American Civil War.
July 1862: After suffering heavy casualties at the Battle of Malvern Hill, General George McClellan ordered the Army of the Potomac to retreat to Harrison's Landing on the James River in Virginia in 1862 during the American Civil War. This move was seen as necessary to regroup and resupply the Union forces.
May 1862: General George B. McClellan’s Army of the Potomac occupies the Yorktown-Warwick River line recently abandoned by Confederate forces.
May 1862: Battle of Seven Pines: the union army reached the outskirts of Richmond.
April 1862: The IV Corps of Brig. Gen. Erasmus D. Keyes made initial contact with Confederate defensive works at Lee's Mill, an area McClellan expected to move through without resistance.
Selected Sources
Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.457
Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.466
List of American Civil War battles. Wikipedia. Retrieved on 31 March 2024 on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_Civil_War_battles
