The Battle of Fair Oaks

The Battle of Fair Oaks by Robert P. Broadwater Download PDF EPUB FB2

About the Book. In the spring ofUnion Major General George B. McClellan’s Army of the Potomac launched a bloody offensive up the Virginia Peninsula in an effort to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond.

This study chronicles the pivotal but often overlooked turning point of the Peninsula Campaign—the Battle of Fair Oaks, also Broadwater’s short book covers the entire Peninsula Campaign, not just the Battle of Seven Pines/Fair Oaks on May 31 and June 1, Only two of the eight chapters refer specifically to the battle.

Broadwater’s publisher did him no favors in designing the interior template. Tight leading and small point size make for uncomfortable reading  › Books › History › Americas. 2 days ago  The battle of Fair Oaks, Va., 2nd Day's battle, Sunday June 1st, Summary Shows the area of Henrico County, Va., between Cold Harbor and White Oak Swamp.

The Chicahominy River and the Richmond & York River Railroad are indicated. Contributor Names Sneden, Robert Knox, The Battle of Seven Pines, May June 1, (Virginia Civil War Battles & Leaders) by Steven H.

Newton: The Civil War: A Narrative: Volume 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville by Shelby Foote: Decoying the Yanks: Jackson's Valley Campaign by Champ Clark: Fair Oaks by Angus Konstam: Johnny Reb by +of+Fair+Oaks. The Linked Data Service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the Library of Congress.

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Broadwater; McFarland & Co. The Confederates’ defense of Richmond from May to July —the monumental Peninsula and Seven Days’ campaigns—has not yet produced Fair Oaks begins with a rather lengthy 8-page introduction on the origins of the campaign, followed by a campaign chronology.

The 6-page section on opposing plans has two sections: campaign plans for each side and tactical battle plans for the Confederate  › Books › History › Americas. The area surrounding Seven Pines National Cemetery was the location of the Battle of Seven Pines, also known as the Battle of Fair Oaks It was the largest engagement of the Civil War in the Eastern Theater up to that point, but the stalemate here led to the Seven Days Battles (six major battles) which took place to the The Battle of Fair Oaks, Sumner's Reinforcements, May June 1,Courtesy of Syd and Sharon Martin.

Vital Statistics Alternate title: The Charge at Fair Oaks Oil on canvas, 20 x 30 inches Signed and dated (indistinctly) lr: “W. Trego ” Collection of Syd and Sharon Martin. Commentary?image= The Battle of Fair Oaks comes across as a shallowly researched, factually challenged, and interpretively suspect accounting of the Peninsula Campaign with more than a hint of a specific agenda.

Broadwater’s demonizing of the Congressional Republicans, the characterization of the campaign as one of “states’ rights against the Federal ?id=.