Peninsula Campaign

When

Jul 1862

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

37.26° N, 76.61° W

Description

1862 Union campaign in the American Civil War

1862 Union offensive in southeast Virginia during the American Civil War

The Peninsula campaign of the American Civil War was a major Union operation launched in southeastern Virginia from March to July 1862, the first large-scale offensive in the Eastern Theater. The operation, commanded by Major General George B. McClellan, was an amphibious turning movement against the Confederate States Army in Northern Virginia, intended to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond.

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