This book Focuses on the Peninsular Campaign since this particular military fiasco was General McClellan's attempt to do an end run around the Confederate army. Because there is only one book on this topic, Ronald H. Bailey could not go into much depth due to the amount of battles that took place, so you don’t get as much information as you do in the books that are about specific battles in history for instance, Shiloh or Gettysburg. In Chapter 1, "A Young Napoleon," talks about some of the experiences that the Union Army's commanding general as well as the struggles that he went through when he was training his troops. Chapter 2, "Clash at Ball's Bluff," relates the second defeat in battle suffered by the Federals (after First Manassas) because