The Day McClellan Lands on the Peninsula
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- Опубликовано: 24 ноя 2024
- 160 years ago today, on April 2nd 1862, General George B. McClellan arrived at Fort Monroe on the USS Commodore to join the Army of the Potomac on the tip of the Virginia Peninsula. Today he will meet with Flag Officer Goldsborough to discuss cooperation with the US Navy. He also convenes his corps commanders to review the plan of attack against Yorktown, due to begin in just two days.
Today's video is part of an ongoing "On to Richmond" series, where we follow the progress of George McClellan's campaign up the Virginia peninsula to the gates of Richmond, 160 years later. Subscribe to the channel and join the march!
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I am thoroughly enjoying having the story unfold with the same pace and detail as it did for the participants! I can 'feel' the fog of war McClellan faced.
Another dose of first-rate history...thanks, guys! I can't wait to see more of your analysis, and especially the games to come! All the best....Mark
I’ve walked completely around the walls of those ramparts where you’re standing when I was in Boy Scouts back in the 1970s. I had completely forgotten about that
This is shaping up to be a really excellent series. I'm particuarly enjoying the 'real time' delivery of these videos as the campaign builds up and begins to unfold.
Another excellent presentation, thank you.
Another great teaser before the big battle, love it 😊👍🏻
Great video!! See you at Historicon!!
Great video keep them coming !
Oh, things get serious. With this methode of timely videos you get some feeling of the timespan to get an army in place and moving.
Looking forward to the next part. 🤓
My great great grandfather Christopher, an Irish immigrant with the NY 98th arrived with McClelland and lost an eye in the first days. Two weeks and he was sent home.
Cant wait for the battle, hopefully the miniatures are painted accurately!
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That Confederate Ironclad really affected the campaign by it's presence!
She sure did! McClellan had wanted to use the James River but it was not open to him in the early stages of the campaign, precisely because of the CSS Virginia.
I am really enjoying this series. The Union needed to neutralize the Merrimac by attacking Norfolk by land and capturing its base. It always seems strange to me that the Union attacked up the constricted peninsula rather than landing a little further south where the terrain was more wide open.
Agreed--the Confederates were very worried about the Norfolk-Petersburg approach to Richmond. But Little Mac never takes it. Eventually, when Norfolk is captured, it will be without McClellan! That's a neat story we plan to cover during this series.
History told this way is fascinating, it's perhaps time schools looked into using miniatures battles to fire the childrens imagination
I have a Battle in a Box by Perry Miniatures’s 28mm scale does anyone play scales that large or mostly smaller scale ?
28mm is actually the most popular scale for tabletop miniatures. But it's skirmish style games. For big battles, scales like 15mm, 10mm, and 6mm are more popular (for practical reasons)
Here’s a question if the CSS Virginia was so effective why not make more to break the blockade ? Not seaworthy in the open seas ?
They did! The Virginia and her squadron made a number of aggressive patrols, hoping to taunt the Monitor into a second battle. The Monitor, however, was under strict orders not to re-engage. On April 11, the Virginia's squadron was reinforced by the paddle side-wheeler CSS Jamestown, and she, the Virginia, and five other ships sortied out, in full view of the Union squadron, enticing them to fight. When it became clear that Union ships were unwilling to fight, the Confederate squadron moved in and captured three merchant ships, the brigs Marcus and Sabout and the schooner Catherine T. Dix.
Stephen nailed it, yes. The Virginia did sally forth many times. But she was NOT very sea-worthy and as cautious as the Federal navy was, the rebels were equally cautious about risking the Virginia. Neither side wanted to lose their prized ironclad wonder weapons at this early stage.
Huzzah !
I'll bet Little Mac supervised the unloading of the ship because that is more important 'n meeting with his general officers.
Will this series include general Jacksons Shanandoah campaign, which robbed McClellan a 40,000 troops attacking Richmond from the north?
Of course! It would be impossible to tell this story without the influence Stonewall Jackson played. We'll be covering that for sure.
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