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Unified Generals at Richmond dispatch 85
Two seasoned West Point generals, McClellan and Lee, face off in the June 1862 Peninsula campaign. McClellan’s Army of the Potomac nears Richmond with 100000 troops, while Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia prepares to strike the Union right. Lee outlines a secret movement to cut Union communications as Jackson’s corps advances. delays and muddy conditions threaten the plan.
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Chickahominy River
Peninsula
Virginia
George B. McClellan
Union
Robert E. Lee
Confederacy
Richmond
Potomac
McClellan
Lee
South
Pennsylvania
Bull Run
McClelan
Ashington
Allan Pinkerton
Aly
Thomas J
Stonewall) Jackson
Washington
Sharandoah
Halloo
George
Pray
Joseph E. Johnston
Beer
Fair Oaks
Seven Pines
J. OB Stuart
MecClellan
Johnston
Fair Oak
Stonewall Jackson
Shenandoah Valley
Jackson
James Longstreet
A. P. Hill
D. H. Hill
Longstreet
Beaver Dam