After the failure of McClellan's Peninsula Campaign, the newly-promoted General-in-Chief, Halleck, ordered him to return to Washington and join Pope in the Shenandoah for a combined assault on Lee.As...
The Rebels had just finished driving McClellan, with his large army, from the very gates of Richmond, causing him to scurry to the banks of the James River, where he could huddle under the cover of...
It happened when Halleck ordered McLellan to abandon his unsuccessful Peninsula campaign and come back to Washington in order to unite with Pope in the Shenandoah; together they would substantially...