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Union
Casualties: 15,000
Confederate Casualties:
19,000
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Statistical Source: EACW
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McClellan's Peninsular
Campaign: Instead of advancing through northern Virginia,
where he was sure huge rebel armies lurked, the Union
commander proposed instead to ship his 121,500-man Army
of the Potomac to the tip of the York-James Peninsula
by sea, then fight his way west to Richmond. The Peninsular
Campaign began in March 1862 - more than seven months
after McClellan took command.
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