num_pages: 512
description: To the Gates of Richmond charts the Peninsula Campaign of 1862, General George McClellan’s grand scheme to march up the Virginia Peninsula and take the Confederate capital. For three months McClellan battled his way toward Richmond, but then Robert E. Lee took command of the Confederate forces. In seven days, Lee drove the cautious McClellan out, thereby changing the course of the war. Intelligent and well researched, To the Gates of Richmond vividly recounts one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War.
language: English
title: To The Gates Of Richmond: The Peninsula Campaign
titlecomplete: To The Gates Of Richmond: The Peninsula Campaign
characters: Robert E. Lee, George McClellan
genres: War, Civil War, Civil War Eastern Theater, Nonfiction, American History, Military History, 19th Century, Military Fiction, American Civil War, History
ratings_count: 1069
publisher: Mariner Books