Seven Days Battles 1862: Lee's Defense of Richmond AUTH-13410708 Richard is professor of history

Richard is professor of history at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette

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Seven Days Battles 1862: Lee's Defense of Richmond AUTH-13410708 Richard is professor of historyOsprey's examination of the short yet crucial campaign of the American Civil War (1861 1865). When General Robert E. Lee took command of the Army of Northern Virginia, the Confederacy was in crisis. Lee changed all that in a brilliant, week long campaign. On 26 June the Confederates struck, fighting two hard fought battles in two days at Mechanicsville and Gaine's Mill. The ferocity of the Confederate assaults convinced McClellan that he was