Chickahominy people

And I'm going to be your host for this episode.

Today, I'm joined by some of my beloved friends and special guests, Suzanne Brown and Chief Adkins of the Chickahominy Indian Tribe.

and Chief Adams of the Upper Mattapani Indian Tribe.

I'm going to ask our special guest to introduce themselves.

Sure.

My name is Suzanne Brown.

I am the Director of the Child Care and Development Subsidy Program for the Chickahominy Tribe, and I'm also a citizen of the tribe.

Chief Atkins?

Meanwhile, on the peninsula, things were reaching a terrifying climax.

By mid-May of 1862, General Johnston had retreated all the way to the suburban outskirts of Richmond, his rearguards crossing the flooded waters of the Chickahominy River just five miles from the capital.

The Confederate government was in a state of utter panic.

The archives were packed into wooden boxes, locomotives were kept under steam to evacuate the treasury to the south, and citizens prepared for the imminent fall of the city.

It was time for Lee to climb the ranks, climb the ladder, proceed to glory once again.

By the final week of May 1862, General George B. McClellan's Grand Peninsular Campaign had reached its zenith.

The magnificent blue-clad columns of the Army of the Potomac, over 100,000 strong, equipped with 400 heavy siege mortars, parrot rifles, and endless wagon trains and munitions, were encamped along the sluggish, marshy banks of the Chickahominy River.

They stood ready to destroy the Confederacy, as both they and the frightened citizens of Richmond thought.