Seven Days Battles

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military campaign series of battles

The Seven Days Battles were a series of American Civil War engagements in 1862 near Richmond, Virginia, in which Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee halted the Union Army’s Peninsula Campaign.

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Label	Occurrences
Seven Days Battles canonical	46
Seven Days Battles, June–July 1862	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military campaign ⓘ series of battles ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Seven Days’ Campaign ⓘ
belligerent	Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ surface form: Confederate Army of Northern Virginia Army of the Potomac ⓘ surface form: Union Army of the Potomac
casualties	high on both sides ⓘ
commander	George McClellan ⓘ surface form: George B. McClellan Robert E. Lee ⓘ
commanderSide	George McClellan ⓘ surface form: George B. McClellan – Union Robert E. Lee ⓘ surface form: Robert E. Lee – Confederacy
confederateArmy	Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
conflictOf	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
defensiveLine	Richmond defenses ⓘ
endDate	1862-07-01 ⓘ
includesBattle	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 ⓘ Battle of White Oak Swamp ⓘ
location	near Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
notableLeader	A.P. Hill ⓘ surface form: A. P. Hill D. H. Hill ⓘ James Longstreet ⓘ John B. Magruder ⓘ Stonewall Jackson ⓘ
opponentOf	Peninsula Campaign ⓘ surface form: Peninsula Campaign of the Union Army
partOf	Peninsula Campaign ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Oak Grove ⓘ
primaryObjective	capture of Richmond by Union forces ⓘ defense of Richmond by Confederates ⓘ
result	Confederate strategic victory ⓘ Union withdrawal from the Peninsula ⓘ
riverNearby	Chickahominy River ⓘ James River ⓘ
startDate	1862-06-25 ⓘ
state	Virginia ⓘ
strategicEffect	halted the Union Peninsula Campaign ⓘ secured Richmond from immediate capture ⓘ
strategicOutcome	shifted initiative to the Confederacy in the Eastern Theater ⓘ
theater	Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
unionArmy	Army of the Potomac ⓘ
year	1862 ⓘ

Referenced by (47)

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

Robert E. Lee → battledIn → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

George McClellan → notableBattle → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

subject surface form: George B. McClellan

Army of Northern Virginia → engagedIn → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

Second Battle of Bull Run → precededBy → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

Peninsula Campaign → campaignPhase → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

Battle of Fair Oaks → followerEvent → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

Battle of Fair Oaks → followedBy → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

Lewis Armistead → participatedIn → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

1st Texas Infantry → engagement → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

1st Texas Infantry → participatedIn → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

83rd Pennsylvania Infantry → notableEngagement → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

44th New York Infantry → engagement → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

II Corps (Union Army of the Potomac) → engagedIn → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

A.P. Hill → notableBattle → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

John B. Magruder → notableBattle → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

Richard H. Anderson → participatedIn → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia → engagement → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

Confederate artillery → engagedIn → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

Confederate infantry → notableEngagement → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

Battle of Garnett’s and Golding’s Farm → partOf → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

Battle of Garnett’s and Golding’s Farm → relatedEvent → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

Battle of Glendale → partOf → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

Seven Days’ Campaign → alsoKnownAs → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

Richmond defenses → associatedBattle → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

D. H. Hill → participatedIn → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

Darius N. Couch → participatedIn → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

Battle of Oak Grove → relatedEvent → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

Daniel Butterfield → battle → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

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

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

Battle of Mechanicsville → partOf → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

Battle of Mechanicsville → openingBattleOf → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

Battle of Frayser’s Farm → partOf → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

Battle of Frayser’s Farm → timePeriod → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seven Days Battles, June–July 1862

Battle of Gaines’s Mill → campaign → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of Gaines's Mill

Battle of White Oak Swamp → partOf → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

Battle of Savage’s Station → partOf → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

Battle of Port Republic → followedBy → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

Battle of Malvern Hill → partOf → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

Richmond National Battlefield Park → significantEvent → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

Theophilus H. Holmes → notableBattle → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

Philip Kearny → participatedIn → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

Confederate Brigadier General Robert Toombs → participatedIn → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

subject surface form: Robert Toombs

Chickahominy River → playedStrategicRoleIn → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

Irish Brigade (Union) → engagedInBattle → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

Kershaw's Brigade (Confederate) → participatedIn → Seven Days Battles ⓘ

Battle of Seven Pines → followedBy → Seven Days Battles ⓘ