To the Gates of Richmond by Stephen W. Sears

Stan Clark Military Books, 24.95 (468pp) ISBN 978-0-89919-790-6 Sears complements his 1988 biography of George. Even the most knowledgeable of Civil War buffs will find fascinating new material and new interpretations, and Sears's famously accessible style will make the book just as appealing to the general reader Book Details To the Gates of Richmond: The Peninsula Campaign Stephen W. Based on years of research, this is the first book in a generation that brings everything together, sorts it all out, makes informed judgments, and takes stands. From the first gleam in Lee's eye to the last Rebel hightailing it back across the Potomac, every moment of the battle is brought to life with the vivid narrative skill and impeccable scholarship that has made Stephen Sears's histories so successful. McClellan: The Young Napoleon, To the Gates of Richmond: The Peninsula Campaign, and the editor of For Country, Cause & Leader: The Civil War Journal of Charles. In Gettysburg, Sears tells the whole story in a single volume. Volumes have been written about this momentous three-day battle, but recent histories have tended to focus on the particulars rather than the big picture: on the generals or on single days of battle-even on single charges-or on the daily lives of the soldiers. More men were assembled on the Virginia Peninsula for this battle for the capital of the Confederacy than for any other operation of the war.

The greatest of all Civil War campaigns, Gettysburg was the turning point of the turning point in our nation's history. The Peninsula campaign of 1862 was the largest campaign of the Civil War. A comprehensive history of the Battle of Gettysburg by one of today's leading historians.

To the Gates of Richmond by Stephen W. Sears