The 1862 Peninsula Campaign | Key Battles of the Civil War Podcast | Episode 5

In early 1862 the Union Army launched a major operation in southeastern Virginia, the first large-scale offensive in the Eastern Theater. Lincoln replaced McDowell with George B. McClellan as commander. He reorganized the army, whipped it into shape, and also renamed it the Army of the Potomac. The goal was to roll over the Confederacy. The Rebels were not about to let that happen.
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[@irockuroll60]

Some men were still using smooth bore at the end of the civil war…the Iron Brigade

[@kieranbrennan9037]

I'd like you to have a look at the Rifles regiments used by the British in the peninsula campaign against the French during the Napoleonic wars. They used a small leather patch around the musket ball to get it to grip the rifled barrels. The French had no real answer to the green jackets.

[@fireflyfly9590]

How is this "move on the rear" different than the hammer and anvil technique the ancients used (Macedonians and Romans)?

[@theanonymooseshow6360]

Did we not just jump from April 1861??