The Seven Days: The Emergence of Lee - Softcover

Dowdey, Clifford

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803265948 ISBN 13: 9780803265943

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 2004

Synopsis

During the Seven Days Campaign--the series of battles fought near Richmond at the end of June 1862--General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia routed General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac. Although the Confederates repulsed the powerful offensive of the Yankees, they failed to win a complete and decisive victory. The campaign had far-reaching consequences for both sides: depriving McClellan of a military decision meant the war would continue for two more years, and the chance for Southern victory would never come again. The Seven Days memorably depicts a turning point in the war and in American history. Clifford Dowdey's other works include Lee's Last Campaign: The Story of Lee and His Men against Grant--1864. Robert K. Krick, whose introduction to The Seven Days takes up current scholarship, is the author of Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain, winner of the Douglas Southall Freeman Award.

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Review

Dowdey "brings to an encyclopedic knowledge of the facts a freshness that makes the story seem new... [It] is an examination of the critical moments when history goes off on a new course."-Bruce Catton, American Heritag -- Bruce Catton American Heritage "[Dowdey] admirably blends fact and human interest in fine historical writing. This book is essential to any collections on American history and the Civil War."-Library Journal Library Journal

Synopsis

Dowdey "brings to an encyclopaedic knowledge of the facts a freshness that makes the story seem new...[It] is an examination of the critical moments when history goes off on a new course." - Bruce Catton, "American Heritage". "[Dowdey] admirably blends fact and human interest in fine historical writing. This book is essential to any collections on American history and the Civil War." - "Library Journal". During the Seven Days Campaign - the series of battles fought near Richmond at the end of June 1862 - General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia routed General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac. Although the Confederates repulsed the powerful offensive of the Yankees, they failed to win a complete and decisive victory. The campaign had far-reaching consequences for both sides: depriving McClellan of a military decision meant the war would continue for two more years, and the chance for Southern victory would never come again. "The Seven Days" memorably depicts a turning point in the war and in American history. Clifford Dowdey's other works include "Lee's Last Campaign: The Story of Lee" and "His Men against Grant-1864", also a Bison Book. Robert K.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0803265948
• ISBN 13: 9780803265943
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 380