Contrasts in Command: The Battle of Fair Oaks, May 31 - June 1, 1862 (Victor Vignola - CH) drooker Harris’s impressive Germantown: A Military

Harris’s impressive Germantown: A Military History of the Battle for the Control of Philadelphia

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the Ninth Corps bands serenaded the troops with patriotic airs while the soldiers waited for their coffee to boil

Contrasts in Command: The Battle of Fair Oaks, May 31 - June 1, 1862 (Victor Vignola - CH) drooker Harris’s impressive Germantown: A Militaryby Victor Vignola Surprisingly little has been written about the important Battle of Fair Oaks (and the simultaneous Seven Pines). The bloody two day affair (May 31 June 1, 1862), fought on the doorstep of the Confederate capital, was the first major battle in the Eastern Theater since Bull Run Manassas the previous summer. It left more than 11,000 casualties in its wake and the primary Southern army without its commander. The possession of Richmond