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The Peninsula Campaign (also known as the Peninsular Campaign) of the American Civil War was a major Union operation launched in southeastern Virginia from March through July 1862, the first large-scale offensive in the Eastern Theater. The operation, commanded by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, was an amphibious turning movement intended to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond by circumventing the Confederate States Army in northern Virginia. McClellan was initially successful against the equally cautious General Joseph E. Johnston, but the emergence of General Robert E. Lee changed the character of the campaign and turned it into a humiliating Union defeat.
The Peninsula Campaign (also known as the Peninsular Campaign) of the American Civil War was a major Union operation launched in southeastern Virginia from March through July 1862, the first large-scale offensive in the Eastern Theater. The operation, commanded by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, was an amphibious turning movement intended to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond by circumventing the Confederate States Army in northern Virginia. McClellan was initially successful against the equally cautious General Joseph E. Johnston, but the emergence of General Robert E. Lee changed the character of the campaign and turned it into a humiliating Union defeat.
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Battlefield Virginia
Hartford Courant Staff WriterFrom the heavy guns of a seacoast fort through battle-scarred Yorktown and the swampy outskirts of Richmond, the Virginia Peninsula tells the story of a massive war campaign and the evolution of warfare. Along this finger of land cut by the York and...Tags: North Carolina, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Maritime Accidents, Chesapeake Bay, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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Events This Week
Wednesday/19 Art of fifing and drumming--7 p.m. Hennage Auditorium at the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum. Tickets are $12 and $6. Art workshops--Manor House at Powhatan Plantation. 9:30-11:30 a.m. traditional Scherenschnitte cutting, $12 fee; 1-3...Tags: Bodies of Water, Horse and Harness Racing, Sheryl Crow, Culture, Religious Texts
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May 15, 2005: TRANSFORMING MONROE
247-4758It's got dozens of luxurious homes worth $300,000 to $2.5 million, all with sunrise-on-the-water views, high ceilings and hardwood floors. There's a world-class fitness center with a recent $11 million face-lift. And don't forget the gazebo and the...Tags: Tour Operations Industry, Chesapeake Bay, Sales, Tourism and Leisure, Jefferson Davis
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Area events in February
Pick of the month: Feb. 21: In the Mood. Take a retro look at the life and times of the 1940s, America’s greatest generation. Experience the swing, rhythm, jazzy, brassy, sentimental and romantic music of this time when music moved the nation’s spirit....Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), William Henry Harrison, Hampton University, Minority Groups, Wars and Interventions
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Robert E. Lee's Civil War
Tribune staff reporterCome see the Civil War as Robert E. Lee saw it. Ken Burns' public television series on the conflict, the movie "Gettysburg" and the historical novels of Michael and Jeff Shaara have generated a new birth of fascination with the Civil War in recent years....Tags: Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Mississippi, Unions, Hickory Hill, Gardens and Parks
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