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Magruder Deceives McClellan on the Peninsula (5 APR 1862)
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Magruder Deceives McClellan on the Peninsula (5 APR 1862)
On Apr. 5, 1862, Maj. Gen. George McClellan and the Union Army of the Potomac arrived outside Yorktown on the Virginia peninsula between the York and James rivers. His objective was the Confederate capital of Richmond approximately 60 miles to the northwest. Confederate Maj. Gen. John B. Magruder, in command of approximately 11,000 men at Yorktown, used deception to derail McClellan’s plans and buy the Confederate army time to strengthen its l…
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