Richmond Shall Not be Given Up - The Seven Days Battles, June 25-July 1, 1862Paperback

In the spring of 1862, the largest army ever assembled on the North American continent landed in Virginia, on the peninsula between the James and York Rivers, and proceeded to march toward Richmond. To Southerners, the war, not yet a year old, looked lost. Between that army and the capital of the Confederate States of America, an outnumbered Confederate force did all in its feeble power to resist--but all it could do was slow, not stop, the juggernaut.

The citizenry prepared for the worst. The Confederate government prepared to evacuate the city. And then the war turned.

During battle at a place called Seven Pines, an artillery shell wounded Confederate commander Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. His replacement, Gen. Robert E. Lee, stabilized the army, fended off the Federals, and then fortified the capital.

"Richmond must not be given up " he vowed, tears in his eyes. "It shall not be given up