Seven Days Battles
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The Seven Days Battles were a series of seven battles over seven days from June 25 to July 1, 1862, near Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War. Confederate General Robert E. Lee drove the
George B. McClellan and Robert E. Lee, respective commanders of the Union and Confederate armies in the Seven Days Battles
Brig. Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman
Brig. Gen. Erasmus D. Keyes
Brig. Gen. William B. Franklin
Peninsula campaign
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The Peninsula campaign of the American Civil War was a major Union operation launched in southeastern Virginia from March to July 1862, the first large-scale offensive in the Eastern Theater. The oper
Seven Days Battles
…the Virginia Peninsula. The series of battles is sometimes known erroneously as the Seven Days campaign, but it was actually the culmination of the Peninsula campaign, not a separate campaign in its own right. The Seven Days began on Wednesday, June 25, 1862, with a Union attack in the minor Battle of Oak Grove, but…
George B. McClellan and Joseph E. Johnston, respective commanders of the Union and Confederate armies in the Peninsula campaign
Maj. Gen. D. H. Hill