The peninsular war is the name in english 1807 1814 for the military conflict fought by spain and portugal assisted by great britain against the invading and occupying forces of the first french empire for control of the iberian peninsula during the napoleonic wars the peninsular war overlaps with what the spanish speaking world calls the guerra de la independencia española spanish war. He reviewed union general george mcclellan s failed attempt to take the confederate capital in. Professor judkin browning talked about the 1862 civil war peninsula campaign and seven days cattles.
Pressured by united states president abraham lincoln to mount an offensive union forces had been. Mcclellan to capture the confederate capital at richmond from the southeast during the american civil war 1861 1865. The peninsula campaign fought during the spring and summer of 1862 was an attempt by union general in chief george b.
Contributed by brian burton. In this the first large scale offensive in the eastern theater general mcclellan planned to advance up the swampy virginia peninsula formed by the york and james rivers to seize the confederate capitol of richmond. The peninsula campaign was a major union operation launched from march through july 1862.
After the fall of portsmouth and the scuttling of the ironclad css virginia may 10 11 the union navy could safely advance up the rivers and protect. Mcclellan s army of the potomac moved up the virginia peninsula between the york and james rivers toward richmond. The american battlefield trust s map of the peninsula campaign of 1862 from april 4 to june 1 1862 maj.
Mcclellan was an amphibious turning movement against the confederate states army in northern virginia intended. The peninsula campaign also known as the peninsular campaign of the american civil war was a major union operation launched in southeastern virginia from march through july 1862 the first large scale offensive in the eastern theater the operation commanded by maj. Nevertheless mcclellan confident that the monitor could hold off any advance against his transports by the confederate ironclad and facing lincoln s deadline to move against the enemy proceeded with his campaign.
Civil war history summary of the peninsula campaign. Peninsular campaign april 4 july 1 1862 in the american civil war large scale but unsuccessful union effort to capture the confederate capital at richmond va by way of the peninsula formed by the york and the james rivers following the engagement between the ironclads monitor and merrimack at nearby hampton roads march 9 federal supplies and 100 000 troops were disembarked at. Mcclellan was an amphibious turning movement against the confederate states army in northern virginia intended.
The peninsula campaign also known as the peninsular campaign of the american civil war was a major union operation launched in southeastern virginia from march through july 1862 the first large scale offensive in the eastern theater the operation commanded by maj.
