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51: A Change in Command: Seven Days Battles to the Battle of Cedar Mountain by Prof. Greg Jackson

51: A Change in Command: Seven Days Battles to the Battle of Cedar Mountain

from History That Doesn't Suck

by Prof. Greg Jackson

Published: Mon Nov 11 2019

Show Notes

“[Malvern Hill] was not war--it was murder.”

This is the story of a Confederate comeback.

Union General George “Little Mac” McClellan has an army of 100,000 within a few mere miles of the Confederate Capital: Richmond, Virginia. The city’s defending force is significantly smaller. It’s his for the taking. But where “Little Mac” is cautious, the new Confederate Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia Robert E. “Bobby” Lee is ready to fight to the death. They’ll duke it out in the Seven Days Battles.

Meanwhile, US President Abraham Lincoln has a new General-in-Chief: Henry “Old Brains” Halleck. Can he get Generals “Little Mac” and John Pope to play nice and work together? We’ll find out.

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