Seven Days Battle Chronicle in Civil War Peninsula
The article reviews the June 1862 seven days fighting around the Chickahominy and James, detailing Mechanicsville, Gaines Mill, Savage Station, Glendale, and Malvern Hill. It notes McClellan's retreat to the James, Lee’s command, Jackson and Stuart raids, and the heavy losses on both sides with mentions of figures like Porter, Meade, Kearney, and Meagher. It concludes with postwar reflections on commanders and survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Oaks
Sumner
McClellan
Chickahominy
Keyes
Heitzelman
White House
Pamunkey
Webb
Franklin
Fitz John Porter
Peninsula
Sumnes
R. E. Lee
Robert Edmund Lee
Virginia
Robert Hk. Lee
United States Army
Harry Lee
Washington
Robert J. Lee
Gen. Scott
Battle of
Richmond
Lee
Longstreet
A. P. Hill
D. H. Hill
Magruder
Huger
Whiting
Jackson
George. A. McCall
McDowell
Porter
Heintzelman
White Oak Swamp
Army of the Potomac
West Point
Colt Manufacturing Company
Hartford
Conn
Stonewall
Stanton
Seven Pines
Oak Grove
Stonewall Jackson
Shenandoah Valley
Johnston
Mechanic’s Run
Central Railroad
Shenandoah
Lawton
Harrisburg
Halleck
Western Department
United States
Potomac
Fremont
Mountain Department
Mississippi
Department of the Mississippi
J. E. B. Stuart
Army of Virginia
Sheridan
the James
Mechanicsville
Beaver Dam Creek
Ellison's Mill
McCall
Ellison's
Branch
River Road
Meadow Bridge
Mechanicsville Bridge
Two Hills
Prison’s Mill
Hill
Eilison’s Mill
Seymour
James
Tolopotomy Creek
Austerlitz
Gaines’ Mill
Cold Harbor
Gaines’ Mills
Libiges
Riit Sohn Porter
Ewell
Georgia
Call
Slocum
Yorktown
Smith
Anon Franklin
French
Thomas Francis Meagher
Meagher
Pellmell
Hoo
McLaw
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Reynolds
Stoneman
Emory
York River
Duc de Chartres
Comte de Paris
Louis Philippe
Prince de Joinville
Savage Station
York and Richmond
P. Hill
Stuart
Allen
James River
Battle Ground
Orchard Station
Allen’s Farm
Williamsburg
Charles City
Glendale
Malvern Hill
James Longstreet
Gainesville
Magrader
Summer
Slocura
Meintzelman
Grapevine Bridge
Burns
Willis’ Church
Quaker Road
Cross Roads
Central
Newmarket Roads
Long Bridge Road
Long Bridge
Quaker Roads Hill
Newmarket
Quaker Roads
Nelson’s Farm
Frazier’s Farm
Philip Kearney
New York City
Columbia College
France
Algiers
Phil Kearney
Chantilly
White Oak Swamp Bridge
Gens, Smith, Richardson and Nagle
Ayres
Hazard
Horatius
Glenda
Kearney
Hooker
White Oak Bridge
Jefferson Davis
Couch
Wast Point
Darius
Simmons
Col. Simmons
Randol
Hunt
Sykes
Meade
Barnard
Harrison's Landing
Galena
Commodore Rodgers
Sedgwick
Richardson
Gen. Lee
Armistead
Morell
McClellen
Army and Navy Journal
Suamner
Gen Couch
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Glen
W. B. Franklin
Truger
Gen. M Call
Malvern Hill Battleground