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Led by the lauded Gen. “Dowdey brings to an encyclopedic knowledge of the facts a freshness that makes the story seem new.”—American Heritage In the early spring of 1862, the Army of the Potomac invaded Virginia in the hopes of capturing the Confederate capital of Richmond and ending the war. George McClellan, the Union forces landed in March—and the Confederates led by Joseph E. Johnston slowly but surely retreated toward Richmond.