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Key Battles of the Civil War

Episode 6: The Seven Days Battle

Key Battles of the Civil War

Key Battles of the Civil War

Society & Culture

4.7696 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Union General George B. McClellan, who led 100,000 men and moved as fast as an iceberg, attempted to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond in a series of six different battles along the Virginia Peninsula from June 25 to July 1, 1862)....

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The Civil War was the most important event in American history.

0:59.7

That's because it decided what kind of nation America would be

1:02.9

and whether or not the promise of universal liberty would really be fulfilled.

1:07.2

And what decided the outcome of the Civil War was its battles.

1:13.6

Welcome to the key battles in the Civil War podcast. Welcome back to our series on the most important battles in the Civil War.

1:29.8

In the last episode, we talked about military technology, military tactics, particularly informed by Napoleon, and the lead-up to the Peninsula campaign,

1:40.2

and how General McClellan is dragging his feet at a glacially slow pace, taking six months,

1:47.0

even longer, to finally get out of Washington and move south. We're finally moving south.

1:52.7

Now we're seeing the first extended union campaign in the east. The goal is to capture Richmond,

1:59.1

and McClellan and the Union Army have landed near Richmond.

2:03.7

They're marching, and they're within 80 miles.

2:06.8

Their goal, taking another page from Napoleon's playbook, is to have a decisive victory by quickly penetrating into enemy territory.

2:16.4

Well, let's see what happens.

2:18.1

Spoiler alert, there's not going to be a decisive union victory in 1862.

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