I enjoyed searss account of the peninsula campaign he has a talent for explaining complex events simply in straightforward prose thats effortless to read. The richmond campaign of 1862 the peninsula and the seven days military campaigns of the civil war gary w gallagher on amazoncom free shipping on qualifying . Howdy i considered extending the map as the source map shows the entire peninsula i did not do it for two reasons 1 i wanted to focus on the approach attack . The peninsula campaign was the unsuccessful attempt by mcclellan to capture the confederate capital of richmond and end the war it started in march 1862 when