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Battle on Malvern Hill Ends Confederate Hope
July 1, 1862, near Malvern Hill, Lee’s forces attack McClellan’s Army of the Potomac as both sides maneuver along the James. Heavy artillery and fierce close fighting test command and endurance, with Armistead and Wright leading costly charges. Union defense holds, Confederate assault repulsed, shaping the campaign toward Richmond.
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G. L. Kilmer
Colums
Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Longstreet
Stuart
Weir
McClellan
Chickahominy
Pamuunkey
Richmond McClellan
the James
Malvern Hill
Malvern
Army of the Potomac
Rancine
Leo
McCienon
Jamies
James
Jackson
McGlellan
Wotl
Dar
McCllelan
Aden
Wiite Oak Swamp
Elief
L. A. Armistead
Wicketts
Gettysburg
Wright
Georgia
Armistead
New York
Thirty-eighth
Virginia
Finaghy
Mevlellin
James River
Richmond
George L. Rulmer