A NEW WAR
In which we discuss how the Seven Days’ Battles and the failure of McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign in the summer of 1862 was a turning point in the Civil War.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Struggle for a Vast Future: The American Civil War,” edited by Aaron Sheehan-Dean.
“IT IS DETERMINED TO WITHDRAW YOUR ARMY FROM THE PENINSULA”
In which we look at the aftermath of the Seven Days’ Battles, and the decision to withdraw the Army of the Potomac from the Peninsula.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution” by James M. McPherson.
SEVEN DAYS’ BATTLES: MALVERN HILL (Part the Second)
In which we look at the action at the final battle of the Seven Days’ Campaign: the Battle of Malvern Hill, which took place on July 1, 1862.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Seven Days’ Battles: The War Begins Anew” by Judkin Browning.
SEVEN DAYS’ BATTLES: MALVERN HILL (Part the First)
In which we set the stage for the Battle of Malvern Hill, which took place on July 1, 1862.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Voices of the Civil War: The Seven Days” by the Editors of Time-Life Books.
THE SEVEN DAYS’ BATTLES: GLENDALE (Part the Second)
In which we look at the action at the Battle of Glendale, which took place on Monday, June 30, 1862.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “A Glorious Army: Robert E. Lee’s Triumph, 1862-1863” By jeffry D. Wert.
SEVEN DAYS’ BATTLES: GLENDALE (Part the First)
In which we set the stage for the next battle of the Seven Days’ Campaign: Glendale (June 30, 1862).
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Extraordinary Circumstances: The Seven Days Battles” by Brian K. Burton.
SEVEN DAYS’ BATTLES: SAVAGE’S STATION
In which we look at the next clash of the Seven Days’ Campaign: Savage’s Station (June29, 1862).
Our book recommendation for this episode is “To the Gates of Richmond” by Stephen W, Sears.
SEVEN DAYS’ BATTLES: THE RETREAT TO THE JAMES
In which we look at the aftermath of the Battle of Gaines’s Mill, which took place on June 27, 1862.
Our book recommendation for this episode is “Mr. Lincoln’s Army” by Bruce Catton.
SEVEN DAYS’ BATTLES: GAINES’S MILL (Part the Third)
In which we conclude our discussion of the third battle of the Seven Days’ Campaign: Gaines’s Mill (June 27, 1862).
Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Richmond Campaign of 1862: The Peninsula & the Seven Days” edited by Gary W. Gallagher.
SEVEN DAYS’ BATTLES: GAINES’S MILL (Part the Second)
In which we continue our discussion of the third battle of the Seven Days’ Campaign: Gaines’s Mill (June 27, 1862).
Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Seven Days: The Emergence of Lee” by Clifford Dowdey.