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When did general lee force general mcClellan to retreat from the Richmond area?
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Summer of 1862
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How did general lee's smaller army defeat McClellan's force and keep Union troops out of Richmond?
General Lee won the war in a funny way. He put steeping stones to keep his troops out of Richmond.
What battle did McClellan force Lee to leave the union territory at?
McClellan forced Lee to retreat at Antietam.
Union General McClellan made a mistake by holding of his force out of the Battle of Antietam?
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How did General George B McClellan plan to defeat the Confederate army defending Richmond when he was outnumbered?
The "Occoquan River Plan" was McClellan's original concept of directly invading Virginia by crossing a Virginia tributary of the Lower Potomac (the Occoquan River) at a point SE of Manassas, VA (site of the earlier Battle of Bull Run). By December, 1861, President Lincoln grew impatient enough to suggest a modified form of the plan, not knowing that McClellan was by then focused on a Peninsular plan to attack Richmond from the east, by transporting Union troops south along Chesapeake Bay. Eventually this plan was changed from a landing at Urbana VA to one farther south at Yorktown, VA. This plan was initiated in March 1862, but by July 1962 the overcautious McClellan could not break through. The North abandoned the campaign and retreated.
How did the Confederate win the Battle of Antietam?
In point of fact, the Seven Days Battles were a Union victory in most respects. McClellan, the Union commander, inflicted twice as many casualties on Lee's army than Lee inflicted on his. Also, McClellan did not lose the battle at Malvern Hill. On the contrary, McClellan smashed the Confederates at Malvern Hill, and Lee later said he regretted ever attacking the hill because he lost so many men trying to take it. And McClellan's retreat to Harrison's Landing was a tactical retreat that forced Lee to go back to Richmond and left McClellan in a position to still threaten Richmond.It's worth mentioning that Lee never would have been able to start the Seven Days Battles if Lincoln and Stanton had not made the awful mistake of withholding McDowell corps of 30,000 troops from McClellan's force. Lee would have been pinned to Richmond if Lincoln had followed through on his promise to send McDowell's corps to McClellan.My sources include Ethan Rafuse's book McClellan's War, Thomas Rowland's book George B. McClellan and Civil War History, and H. J. Eckenrode and Bryan Conrad's book George B. McClellan: The Man Who Saved the Union.
What did US generals McClellan and Halleck discuss at Harrison's Landing in July 1862?
General Halleck's first assignment was to meet with General McClellan at Harrison's Landing. Each of them had different views on the best way to end the Confederate rebellion. McClellan wanted to cut Richmond's lines of communications by sending troops south of Richmond to do this. Halleck had no intentions of allowing that. Halleck's plan was to have McClellan join forces with General Pope and with this large pair of armies attack Richmond. Also, to protect the endless fear of a Confederate assault on Washington DC, Halleck wanted to keep a sizable force between Washington DC and Richmond. Halleck was willing to compromise. If his plans would not work for McClellan, then he was free to again attempt to capture Richmond with his own army plus some additional 20,000 troops on their way to help McClellan. McClellan, always fearing larger Confederate armies then what existed, asked for 30,000 troops. This left McClellan with two choices. Resume his attempt to capture Richmond or retreat from the Peninsula. McClellan's idea was not to retreat but carry on an attempt to capture Richmond.
What decision by Union General George B McClellan delayed his advance to Richmond in the Peninsula campaign?
On April 4, 1862, General McClellan decided that the best way to force the Confederates out of Yorktown, was to lay it to siege. This caused a serious delay in McClellan's advance westward towards Richmond.
How did General Lee smaller army defeat McClellan and force and keep Union troops out of Richmond?
General Lee won the war in a funny way. He put steeping stones to keep his troops out of Richmond.
How did General Lee and smaller army defeat McClellan's force and keep Union troops out of Richmond?
General Lee won the war in a funny way. He put steeping stones to keep his troops out of Richmond.
How did General lee's smaller army defeat mcClellan's force and keep union troops of out of Richmond?
General Lee won the war in a funny way. He put steeping stones to keep his troops out of Richmond.
How did General Lee and smaller army defeat McClellan and force and keep Union troops out of Richmond?
General Lee won the war in a funny way. He put steeping stones to keep his troops out of Richmond.
How did general lee's smaller army defeat McClellan's force and keep Union troops out of Richmond?
General Lee won the war in a funny way. He put steeping stones to keep his troops out of Richmond.
How did General Lee smaller army defeat McClellan force and keep Union troops out of Richmond?
General Lee won the war in a funny way. He put steeping stones to keep his troops out of Richmond.
What battle did McClellan force Lee to leave the union territory at?
McClellan forced Lee to retreat at Antietam.
What caused Confederate General Robert E Lee to place Richmond at risk to an assault by McClellan?
Robert E. Lee believed that he had a chance to destroy the Army of Virginia in mid- August of 1862. He realized that this might endanger the safety of Richmond. Despite that he took a risk that helped force John Pope's Army of Virginia to retreat. Lee decided to send a portion of his army north to meet Pope's army. He left behind a small force to protect an attack from McClellan on the Peninsula.
How did Generals Lee smaller army defeat McClellan force and keep Union troops out of Richmond?
General Lee won the war in a funny way. He put steeping stones to keep his troops out of Richmond.
What was the objective of Union General George B McClellan in October of 1862?
In late October General McClellan finally began to move the Army of the Potomac but he hoped to disguise his operations. He did not try to beat Lee to Richmond. McClellan's objective was to threaten Lee's lines of communication and force Lee to remain in his location in order to do that.
