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What did General McClellan’s Army of the Potomac try to achieve with the Peninsula Campaign?

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He intended to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond
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Answer: McCleallan's Army of the Potomac want to move direct toward Richmond, to invade the Confederate capital.

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General McClellan was an imperious and egocentric general. He engaged in preparing his troops to combat the superior number of Confederate, he claimed. And by doing that, he wasted some precious time when he finally moved his army down the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay. He found himself only 60 miles of the Confederate capital but took no action. He failed in capitalize in his move. He finally had some action when he struck with Confederate Joseph E. Johnson in the Battle of Seven Pines, having heavy casualties on both sides.

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