Seven Days’ Campaign

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Seven Days’ Campaign was a series of American Civil War battles in 1862 during the Peninsula Campaign, in which Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee halted the Union advance on Richmond.

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instanceOf American Civil War campaign
military campaign
aimOfConfederates drive Union forces away from Richmond
aimOfUnion capture Richmond
alsoKnownAs Seven Days Battles
belligerent Confederate States Army
Union Army
campaignType offensive-defensive campaign
commander George McClellan
surface form: George B. McClellan

Robert E. Lee
conflict American Civil War
country United States of America
surface form: United States
endDate 1862-07-01
followedBy Northern Virginia Campaign
front Peninsula front near Richmond
involvesBattle Battle of Beaver Dam Creek
Battle of Frayser’s Farm
Battle of Gaines’s Mill
Battle of Garnett’s and Golding’s Farm
Battle of Glendale
Battle of Malvern Hill
Battle of Mechanicsville
Battle of Oak Grove
Battle of Savage’s Station
location Virginia
near Richmond, Virginia
notableCommanderConfederate James Longstreet
Stonewall Jackson
surface form: Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson
notableCommanderUnion Edwin V. Sumner
Fitz John Porter
notableFeature first major campaign commanded by Robert E. Lee as head of the Army of Northern Virginia
objective halt Union advance on Richmond
partOf Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
Peninsula Campaign
precededBy Union advance up the Virginia Peninsula
primaryConfederateForce Army of Northern Virginia
primaryUnionForce Army of the Potomac
result Confederate victory
startDate 1862-06-25
state Virginia
strategicConsequence Union withdrawal from the Peninsula
security of Richmond maintained for Confederacy
theater Eastern Theater
year 1862

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Seven Days Battles alsoKnownAs Seven Days’ Campaign