McClellan's Peninsula Campaign

Updated 02/29/04

Eastern ACW Books

My favorite Campaign in the east. I can't get enough of the plodding caution of McClellan versus the constantly retreating Joe Johnston and later the audacious Lee. According to Burton's Seven Days book, this operation involved more men than any in the entire Civil War. The Confederates had near parity in numbers with the Union army during the campaign, and were even closer if you accept the figures that Stephen Newton uses (which I do, BTW).
Book Name
Author
Definitive Study?
Pages
Maps
OOB?
1
Stephen W. Sears
Yes (Campaign)
468
19
Yes
2
Brian K. Burton
Yes (Seven Days)
534
21
Yes
3
William J. Miller (Editor)
Various Authors
221
8
No
4
William J. Miller (Editor)
Various Authors
217
11
No
5
William J. Miller (Editor)
Various Authors
231
8
No
6
David G. Martin
254
14
Yes
7

Gary W. Gallagher (Editor)
Various Authors
296
10
No
8

Earl C. Hastings, Jr.
David Hastings
160
11
Yes
9
Steven H. Newton
288
4
Yes
10
Clifford Dowdey
380
17
Yes
11
William J. Miller
59
XX
Yes
12
Stephen H. Newton
147
8
Yes
13
Thomas Adrian Wheat
46
6
Yes
14
The Editors of Time-Life Books
176
many
Yes
15
Ronald H. Bailey and The Editors of Time-Life Books
176
many
Yes
16
Angus Konstam
96
8
Yes
17