BOOKS - MILITARY HISTORY - Yorktown's Civil War Siege Drums Along the Warwick
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Yorktown's Civil War Siege Drums Along the Warwick
Author: John V. Quarstein, J. Michael Moore
Year: 2012
Number of pages: 192
Format: EPUB
File size: 4,0 MB
Language: ENG
Year: 2012
Number of pages: 192
Format: EPUB
File size: 4,0 MB
Language: ENG
On 4 April 1862, Major General George McClellan marched his 121,500-strong Army of the Potomac from Fort Monroe toward Richmond. Blocking his path were Major General John B. Magruder's Warwick-Yorktown Line fortifications and the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia. Despite outnumbering Magruder almost four to one, McClellan was tricked by Magruder's bluff of strength and halted his advance. Yorktown, the scene of