CLASH OF
ARMIES
1862
In Virginia, the Confederates resisted a
campaign against their capital, Richmond, and
took the offensive themselves, briefly invading
Maryland. In the Western Theater, they
suffered a series of disasters, from the loss of
New Orleans to a failed invasion of Kentucky.
❮❮ Battle of Williamsburg
One of a set of 36 Civil War prints made nearly 30
years after the war, this scene shows fighting at the
Battle of Williamsburg. Here, on May 5, 1862 a large
army under Union general George B. McClellan met
the retreating army of General Joseph E. Johnston in
a rearguard action, which the Union lost.