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.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military campaign → series of battles →
alsoKnownAs	Seven Days’ Campaign →
belligerent	Confederate Army of Northern Virginia → Union Army of the Potomac →
casualties	high on both sides →
commander	George B. McClellan → Robert E. Lee →
commanderSide	George B. McClellan – Union → Robert E. Lee – Confederacy →
confederateArmy	Army of Northern Virginia →
conflictOf	American Civil War →
country	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 → D. H. Hill → James Longstreet → John B. Magruder → Stonewall Jackson →
opponentOf	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 (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Robert E. Lee →	battledIn
Peninsula Campaign →	campaignPhase
Army of Northern Virginia →	engagedIn
George B. McClellan →	notableBattle
Second Battle of Bull Run →	precededBy