THE PENINSULA
McCLELLAN’S CAMPAIGN OF 1862
BY ALEXANDER S. WEBB, LL.D.
Present of the College of the City of New York; Assistant Chief of Artillery, Army of the Potomac; Inspector-General, Fifth Army Corps; General Commanding Second Division, Second corps; Major-General Assigned, and Chief of Staff, Army of the Potomac
MINT CONDITION BOOK
This is a new, pristine condition, un-read book.
Sharp, Clean, Bright, Solidly Bound, New Book
Union Memoir and History by a Participant in the Peninsula Campaign
Contains Battle Maps
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1881, THIS IS A 1989 REPRINT
Awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry at Gettysburg and having served as a participant in the Peninsula Campaign, General Webb provides here an excellent, first-hand memoir and history of the Peninsula Campaign of 1862.
His chapters include: General McClellan and the Army of the Potomac, Campaign Plans, Active Operations – Siege of Yorktown, forward from Yorktown – Battle of Williamsburg, to the Chickahominy – McDowell – Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley – Affair of Hanover Court House, Battle of Fair Oaks, Withdrawal to the James – the “Seven Days’ Battle,” Battle of Malvern Hill, and Termination of the Campaign. The book contains great battle maps an Appendix with the Troops of the Army of the Potomac sent to the Peninsula in March and April of 1862 and another Appendix which provides an Organization of the Army of Virginia During Engagements Around Richmond, Virginia.
At the outbreak of the Civil War, Webb took part in the defense of Fort Pickens, Florida, was present at the first Battle of Bull Run, and was aide-de-camp to Brig. General William Barry, the chief of artillery of the Army of the Potomac, from July 1861 to April 1862. During the Peninsula Campaign, he served as Gen. Barry's assistant inspector general and received recognition for his assembling an impregnable line of artillery defense during the Battle of Malvern Hill; Brig. General Daniel Butterfield wrote that Webb saved the Union Army from destruction.
During the Maryland Campaign and the Battle of Antietam, recently promoted to lieutenant colonel, he served as chief of staff in Major General Fitz John Porter’s V Corps. After Antietam, he was ordered to Washington, D.C., where he served as Inspector of Artillery. In January 1863 he was again assigned to the V Corps, now commanded by Major General George Meade, and served again as chief of staff. During the Battle of Chancellorsville, Meade gave Webb temporary command of Brig. Gen. Erastus Tyler’s brigade and thrust him into battle. He performed well and Meade in his report on the battle paid particular detail to Webb's "intelligence and zeal". He was promoted to brigadier general on June 23, 1863. Three days before the Gettysburg, Brig. General John Gibbon arrested the Philadelphia Brigade’s Commander, Brig. General Joshua Owen, and Webb was given command of the brigade (the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, II Corps). Initially, the brigade resented having the meticulously groomed and well-dressed Webb as their commanding officer, but he soon earned their respect through his attention to detail, his affability, and his discipline.
This book is brand new, unread and pristine condition. It has a handsome, textured, navy-blue cover with brightly embossed, gold lettering on the spine and with decorative images of military arms impressed in the cover and spine as well. The book is new, clean, sharp, bright and solidly bound. There isn’t a mark on or in the book and the pages are bright white. The binding is fine throughout the book. The book contains battle maps. This is an excellent, first-person memoir by a participant of The Peninsula Campaign.
