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Gaines' Mill
Seven Days Battle
First Cold Harbor
Civil War Virginia
American Civil War
June 27, 1862
 Echoes of Thunder
A Guide to the Seven Days
Battles This is a valuable and welcome addition to this series of battlefield guides. This book will provide you with a guide on the field or it will supplement reading about the American Civil War battle of The Seven Days.
This was the third of the Seven Days' Battles.
On June 27, 1862, CSA General Robert E. Lee renewed his attacks against USA Brigadier General Porter's V Corps, which had established a strong defensive line behind Boatswain's Swamp north of the Chickahominy River.
Porter's reinforced V Corps held fast for the afternoon against disjointed Confederate attacks, inflicting heavy casualties.
At dusk, the Confederates finally mounted a coordinated assault that broke Porter's line and drove his soldiers back toward the river.
The Federals retreated across the river during the night.
Defeat at Gaines' Mill convinced Union General McClellan to abandon his advance on Richmond, Virginia and begin the retreat to the James River. Gaines' Mill saved Richmond for the Confederacy in 1862.
Result(s): Confederate victory
Location: Hanover County
Campaign: Peninsular Campaign (March-September 1862) next battle in campaign previous battle in campaign
Date(s): June 27, 1862
Principal Commanders: Brigadier General Fitz John Porter [US]; General Robert E. Lee [CS]
Forces Engaged: 91,232 total (US 34,214; CS 57,018)
Estimated Casualties: 15,500 total (US 6,800; CS 8,700)
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Antietam A window into the Union's internal conflict at building a military leadership team. Lincoln's administration in disarray, with relations between the president and field commander McClellan strained to the breaking point. Shows how the fortunes of war shifted abruptly in the Union's favor, climaxing at
Antietam. Special Order 191
Ruse of
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The Long Road To Antietam: How the Civil War Became a Revolution In the summer of 1862, after a year of protracted fighting, Abraham Lincoln decided on a radical change of strategy—one that abandoned hope for a compromise peace and
committed the nation to all-out war. The centerpiece of that new strategy was the Emancipation Proclamation: an unprecedented use of federal power that would revolutionize Southern society.
Gaines Mill
Note the Mill Stone left at the ruins
72 Piece Civil War Army Men
Play Set 52mm Union and Confederate
Figures, Bridge, Horses, Canon
- 48 Union and Confederate Soldiers up to 2-1/8 inches tall
- 4 Horses, 4 Sandbag Bunkers, 6 Fence Sections, 3 Cannon, 3 Limber Wagons (Ammo Carts)
- Bridge, Small Barracks, 2 Cardboard buildings
- Scale: About 1/35th
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 Robert E.
Lee This book not only offers concise detail but also gives terrific insight into the state of the Union and Confederacy during Lee's life. Lee was truly a one of kind gentleman and American, and had Virginia not been in the south or neutral, he ultimately would have led the Union forces.
 Four Years With General Lee Walter Taylor was staff officer to General Robert E.
Lee. His book first appeared in 1877. For many years a standard authority on Confederate history, it is the source for dozens of incidents that have now become a part of every biography of Lee.
 Lee Vs. McClellan: The First Campaign An interesting account of the struggle for
western Virginia in 1861. It follows that year's rolls of Generals McClellan and Lee; the former using the successes of the campaign to further his reputation and career, and the latter struggling to straighten out a quagmire and failing to do so
 The Civil War Papers Of George B. Mcclellan: Selected Correspondence, 1860-1865
General-in-chief of the entire Union army at one point, he led the Army of the Potomac through the disaster at Antietam Creek, was subsequently dismissed by Lincoln, and then ran against him in the 1864 presidential campaign. This collection of McClellan's candid letters about himself, his motivations, and his intentions
McClellan's Own Story Born in Philadelphia on December 3, 1826, George B. McClellan graduated from West Point in 1846 before serving in the Mexican War. At the start of the Civil War, McClellan was put in a position of leadership and after a successful campaign in Virginia he was
given command of the Army of Potomac, one of the Union's strongest armies. He led the Peninsular campaign with almost 100,000 troops under his command. marching toward Richmond.
 George B. Mcclellan
The Young Napoleon
By age 35, General George B. McClellan (1826–1885), designated the "Young Napoleon," was the commander of all the Northern armies. He forged the Army of the Potomac into a formidable battlefield foe, and fought the longest and largest campaign of the time as well as the single bloodiest battle in the nation's history
Sources:
U.S. National Park Service
U.S. Library of Congress.
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