Sword Over Richmond An Eyewitness History of McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign

Sword Over Richmond An Eyewitness History of McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign by Richard Wheeler, Harper & Row Publishers 1986 First Edition, Hardback with Dust Jacket.

Told largely from the account of participants and observers, this book recounts General George McClellan’s attempt to outflank the Confederate forces early in the Civil War. He proposed to ferry his army down the Potomac and Chesapeake, then march up the Virginia peninsula and attack Richmond, the Confederate capital, from the east.