Battle of Beaver Dam Creek

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American Civil War battle battle engagement

The Battle of Beaver Dam Creek was an 1862 American Civil War engagement near Richmond, Virginia, in which Union forces repelled Confederate attacks during the Peninsula Campaign’s Seven Days Battles.

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Beaver Dam Creek canonical	7

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War battle ⓘ battle ⓘ engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Ellerson’s Mill ⓘ Battle of Mechanicsville ⓘ
belligerent	Confederate States of America ⓘ Union (United States) ⓘ surface form: United States (Union)
campaign	Peninsula Campaign ⓘ
commander	George McClellan ⓘ surface form: George B. McClellan
commemoratedBy	Civil War battlefield markers near Mechanicsville, Virginia ⓘ
ConfederateArmy	Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
ConfederateCasualties	approximately 1,484 ⓘ
ConfederateCommander	A.P. Hill ⓘ surface form: A. P. Hill Robert E. Lee ⓘ Stonewall Jackson ⓘ surface form: Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson
ConfederateStrength	approximately 32,000 soldiers ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	June 26, 1862 ⓘ
defensiveLine	position along Beaver Dam Creek near Ellerson’s Mill ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Gaines’s Mill ⓘ
location	Hanover County, Virginia ⓘ near Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
nearPlace	Mechanicsville, Virginia ⓘ
notableUnit	Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ Union V Corps ⓘ
objective	Confederate attempt to turn the Union right flank ⓘ
operation	Seven Days Battles ⓘ
partOf	Peninsula Campaign ⓘ Seven Days Battles ⓘ
precededBy	Peninsula Campaign ⓘ surface form: Peninsula Campaign preliminary operations
primaryTactic	defensive position behind a creek line ⓘ
result	Union victory ⓘ
river	Beaver Dam Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
state	Virginia ⓘ
strategicOutcome	Union forces withdrew to Gaines’s Mill line ⓘ
tacticalOutcome	Confederate frontal assaults repulsed ⓘ
terrainFeature	creek with steep banks and swampy ground ⓘ
theater	Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
UnionArmy	Army of the Potomac ⓘ
UnionCasualties	approximately 361 ⓘ
UnionCommander	Fitz John Porter ⓘ George A. McCall NERFINISHED ⓘ
UnionStrength	approximately 14,000 soldiers ⓘ
year	1862 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Seven Days Battles → includesBattle → Battle of Beaver Dam Creek ⓘ

Peninsula Campaign → majorBattle → Battle of Beaver Dam Creek ⓘ

Battle of Garnett’s and Golding’s Farm → precededBy → Battle of Beaver Dam Creek ⓘ

Seven Days’ Campaign → involvesBattle → Battle of Beaver Dam Creek ⓘ

Battle of Oak Grove → followedBy → Battle of Beaver Dam Creek ⓘ

Battle of Mechanicsville → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Beaver Dam Creek ⓘ

Battle of Gaines’s Mill → precededBy → Battle of Beaver Dam Creek ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of Gaines's Mill