| Description |
1 online resource (116 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Photos & Illustrations; Maps; "Into the Very Jaws of the Enemy." Jeb Stuart's Ride Around McClellan During the Peninsula Campaign of 1862; Part 1: A Desperate Venture Begins; Part 2: Stuart Meets the Yankees; Part 3: Stuart Decides to Ride Around McClellan and Baffles the Foe; Part 4: Stuart's Adventurous and Hazardous Ride; Part 5: The Yankees Fail to Bag the Raiders; Notes. |
| Summary |
Jeb Stuart's bold and unauthorized ride around the enemy in June 1862 is still studied and celebrated as one of history's most daring intelligence raids. By late May 1862, Gen. George B. McClellan had moved his massive Army of the Potomac to the outskirts of the Confederate capital at Richmond. When Confederate Gen. Joseph Johnston fell wounded at Seven Pines on May 31, Gen. Robert E. Lee assumed command of the Army of Northern Virginia and turned the tide of war in the Eastern Theater. Lee ordered his dashing cavalry leader Jeb Stuart and 1,200 troopers to find the position of McClellan's rig. |
| Language |
English. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Peninsular Campaign, Va., 1862 -- History.
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Peninsular Campaign, Va., 1862.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. |
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Military campaigns |
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Virginia https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdh4WqHgwWkJJ4b3FGJXd |
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq |
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American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB9RxkMwD8h64CPrTGb |
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Peninsular Campaign (Virginia : 1862) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB9WRQH9GhX3h44b67b |
| Chronological Term |
1861-1865 |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bearrs, Edwin C. Encircling the Union Army : Jeb Stuart's Controversial Ride Around McClellan During the Peninsula Campaign, June 1862. Havertown : Savas Publishing, ©2013 |
| ISBN |
9781940669014 (electronic bk.) |
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1940669014 (electronic bk.) |
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