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49: From Little Mac McClellan to Stonewall Jackson: The Peninsula and Shenandoah Valley Campaigns

49: From Little Mac McClellan to Stonewall Jackson: The Peninsula and Shenandoah Valley Campaigns

FromHistory That Doesn't Suck


49: From Little Mac McClellan to Stonewall Jackson: The Peninsula and Shenandoah Valley Campaigns

FromHistory That Doesn't Suck

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Length:
59 minutes
Released:
Oct 14, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

“In my opinion, Cadet Jackson of Virginia is a complete jackass.”
This is the story of daring. On both sides. President Lincoln is tired of waiting for General-in-Chief George “Little Mac” McClellan to act. So he’ll act instead. The President goes the front on the Old Dominion’s coast, walks on Confederate soil, and oversees the taking of Norfolk, Virginia. 
But things aren’t going as well for the Union as he’d hope. Little Mac continues to dawdle while the eccentric-yet-brilliant “Stonewall” Jackson outwits, outruns, and outguns Union forces several times larger than his own in the Shenandoah Valley. Following Stonewall’s incredible Shenandoah Valley Campaign, Confederate General Joe Johnston takes a bullet at the Battle of Seven Pines. Someone else is going to have to lead his army; welcome to the role of commander, Robert E. Lee.
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Released:
Oct 14, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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