McClellan launches a long-awaited offensive with one…

April 1862 CE

McClellan launches a long-awaited offensive with one hundred thousand men in another attempt to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia, by way of the peninsula formed by the York and the James rivers.

Opposed by General Lee and his able lieutenants Jackson and J. E. Johnston, McClellan moves cautiously, besieging Yorktown, Virginia, on April 5.

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Yorktown York Virginia United States View →

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George B. McClellan View → John B. Magruder View → Joseph E. Johnston View → Robert E. Lee View → Stonewall Jackson View →

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Virginia, Commonwealth of (U.S.A.) View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Confederate States of America (C.S.A.) View →

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American Civil War (War between the States, War of the Rebellion, War of Secession, War for Southern Independence) View → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War View → Peninsula Campaign View → Yorktown , Siege of (1862) View →

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