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After the Peninsula, to Antietam. From War to Revolution. The Fallout from the Peninsula Campaign. Lincoln’s Dilemmas McClellan’s “Harrison’s Landing” Letter McClellan’s “Demotion” Pope Takes Command Popularity with the Radicals Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862 Jackson’s March to Manassas.
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After the Peninsula, to Antietam From War to Revolution
The Fallout from the Peninsula Campaign • Lincoln’s Dilemmas • McClellan’s “Harrison’s Landing” Letter • McClellan’s “Demotion” • Pope Takes Command • Popularity with the Radicals • Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862 • Jackson’s March to Manassas
The Confederate Offensive, Summer-Fall, 1862 • The (Attempted) Confederate Invasion of Tennessee • Iuka, September 19 • Corinth, October 3 • Initiative Passes to Grant • The Confederate Invasion of Kentucky • Braxton Bragg, Edmund Kirby Smith (CSA) • Don Carlos Buell (USA) • Perryville, October 8, 1862 • The Confederates Retreat • Rosecrans Replaces Buell
Second Bull Run • Preliminary Skirmishes • Another Battle at Manassas: August 29-30 • What Happened? • Fitz-John Porter • McClellan’s Questionable Inaction • McClellan Re-Takes Command
Antietam: The Turning Point • Lee’s Gamble: The Confederate Invasion of Maryland • The Rationale • The Most Incredible Example of Luck and Contingency You’ll See • Special Orders No. 191 • McClellan’s “Slows” • The Battle of Antietam • Emancipation: The Turning Point
The Union Debates War Aims • Lincoln’s Actions as Precedent? • The Republicans in Congress • The Democratic Opposition • The “Slavery Issue” • Crittenden/Johnson Resolution, July 22, 1861 • First Confiscation Act, August 6, 1861 • Building the “Second American Revolution” • Further Erosion of Slavery • Second Confiscation Act, July 17, 1862 • Slaves and Self-Emancipation • What Does Lincoln Believe?