A history of the American nation . ion forces pursued, they were led constantly away from Richmond. McClellan with a mag-nificent army,pushing slowlyup the penin-sula, was dailycreeping nearerthe Confeder-ate was nearlybeaten at FairOaks; but bythe end of June he was encamped within four miles of the city, and his out-posts thought they could hear the sound of church bells in Rich-mond. The time was yet far distant, however, when Unionsoldiers would listen to sermons or roll themselves in theirblankets and go to sleep in the old church buildings of the South-ern city. Robert E. Lee
A history of the American nation . ion forces pursued, they were led constantly away from Richmond. McClellan with a mag-nificent army,pushing slowlyup the penin-sula, was dailycreeping nearerthe Confeder-ate was nearlybeaten at FairOaks; but bythe end of June he was encamped within four miles of the city, and his out-posts thought they could hear the sound of church bells in Rich-mond. The time was yet far distant, however, when Unionsoldiers would listen to sermons or roll themselves in theirblankets and go to sleep in the old church buildings of the South-ern city. Robert E. Lee now took command of the Confederate armyand showed at once marked military capacity. Pretending tosend forces to the Shenandoah Valley to reenforce Jackson, heactually summoned Jackson back to Richmond. Then with aunited army he furiously attacked the long line of theNational troops, and the Seven Days Battles began; onthe one side a powerful and brave Union army, ably led;on the other, a courageous host led by a man of genius. 27. The Peninsula Campaign 402 HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN NATION McClellan handled his big army with some skill; but he was no match for Lee. And yet the Union Army was not really routed; Seven Days ^ ^ ^ y stubbomly Fight, June 26 • . • 1 ^i to July 2,1862. mamtamed them-selves in theneighborhood of Richmond,but success seemed far aw^ayand in August the North-ern general skillfully retreatedtoward Portress Monroe. Thepeninsula campaign was afailure.^ General Halleck, who, be-cause of the rare efficiency ofhis subordinates, had won vic-tories in the west, w^as put ingeneral charge of the the same time an armywas placed under the com-mand of Pope, with the intention of operating in northernVirginia. In short, the administration in Washington, bit-terly disappointed by McClellans failure, decided to giveup the peninsula campaign entirely and to send troops. T, ..1 southward from Washington. With this plan in Second Battle . ^ ^ of Bull Run, m
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