PENINSULA CAMPAIGN (Part the Second)

In which we hit the pause button on the action during the Peninsula Campaign and take the time to discuss (1) McClellan’s special bond with the men of the Army of the Potomac, (2) McClellan’s suspicious arithmetic and the security of Washington, and (3) Lincoln’s decision to withhold McDowell’s corps from McClellan.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “Forward to Richmond: McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign” by Ronald H. Bailey and the Editors of Time-Life Books.

• Listen to Episode 131: PeninsulaPartSecond