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McClellan withdraws to Harrison’s Landing, ends Peninsula Campaign 150 years ago today (1862)
Video: July 2, 1862 (at 22:04)
(Wednesday, July 2, 1862, during the American Civil War) — Despite victory yesterday at the Battle of Malvern Hill, ending the Seven Days Battles, Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan withdrew today to entrench at Harrison’s Landing on the James River, where his army was protected by gunboats, thereby ending the Peninsula Campaign.
