Description: Richmond Campaign of 1862: The Peninsula and the Seven Days
Brief description: Gary W. Gallagher is John L. Nau III Professor of History at the University of Virginia and author or editor of numerous books, including Causes Won, Lost, and Forgotten: How Hollywood and Popular Art Shape What We Know about the Civil War (from the University of North Carolina Press).
Review Quotes: These essays probe longstanding questions and flesh out credible answers relative to the first major offensive of Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia. (James I. Robertson Jr., Virginia Tech)