Retreat: Seven Days Battles

Retreat: Seven Days Battles outlines the battles and explains how they came about. In less than an hour, you will meet the main participants, understand Union and Confederate troop movements, and learn more about the seven battles that were fought at Mechanicsville, Gaines's Mill, Garnett's Farm, Savage's Station, Glendale, and Malvern Hill. For those readers who want to know more and understand how contemporary readers learned about the battle, we included the original accounts that were published in the New York Herald.

It's not the complete story, but enough to bring you up to speed, understand the issues of the day, and maybe encourage you to explore more on your own.

Each book includes a timeline to help you see the bigger picture so you can watch events unfold.