Summary
The Peninsula Campaign was a major Union offensive against the Confederate capital of Richmond led by Major General George B. McClellan in the spring and summer of 1862. The operation, commanded by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, was an amphibious turning movement against the Confederate States Army in Northern Virginia, intended to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond.
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How did the battle affect the war?
With the victory of the confederacy, the Union army failed to capture Richmond what made the war last longer. If the Union had won the battle, the war would've have ended in 1862.