The Battle of Gaines' Mill, also known as the Battle of Chickahominy River, took place on June 27, 1862, in Hanover County, Virginia, as the third of the Seven Days Battles which together decided the
Battle of Friday on the Chickahominy Alfred R. Waud, artist, June 27, 1862. Newspaper illustration after the original sketch.
"Battle of Gaines Mill, Valley of the Chickahominy, Virginia, June 27, 1862." Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860–1985.
Confederates advancing to the capture of disabled guns at Gaines Mills, by Alfred Waud
"Unburied Dead on Battlefield" by John Reekie; issued as Stero #914 being taken on the Battlefield of Gaines Mills aka First Cold Harbor April 1865; taken near the Adams Farm where 7th New York artillery was stationed June 1864 see Civil war Talk.
The V Corps was a unit of the Union Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War.
Maj. Gen. Fitz J. Porter
Col. Joshua L. Chamberlain
Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren