Book Talk - Retreat From Victory: The Battle of Malvern Hill and the End of the Seven Days, July 1,

The Battle of Malvern Hill in 1862 marked the climax of the Seven Days’ Battles around Richmond, Virginia. For the first time since the Civil War began, the full might of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan’s Union Army of the Potomac and Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia met. McClellan’s army emerged victorious, yet McClellan retreated from victory to establish a safe base. Learn about this remarkable battle from Frank O’Reilly, whose new study is the first book-length treatment of this critical and pivotal battle.

Francis A. “Frank” O’Reilly, the author of the award-winning “The Fredericksburg Campaign: Winter War on the Rappahannock” (2003), which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. He has been a professional battlefield guide for 40 years and is a graduate of Washington and Lee University.