Seven Days’ Retreat
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Seven Days’ Retreat was the Confederate army’s strategic withdrawal during the 1862 Seven Days Battles of the American Civil War, in which Robert E. Lee’s forces drove the Union Army away from Richmond.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Confederate military operation
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military retreat ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Confederate retreat from the Chickahominy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent | Confederate States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campaign | Peninsula Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commander | Robert E. Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| country | Confederate States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| date | June–July 1862 ⓘ |
| effect | ended immediate Union threat to Richmond in 1862 ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | American Civil War, 1862 campaigns ⓘ |
| location |
Virginia
NERFINISHED
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vicinity of Richmond, Virginia ⓘ |
| militaryTactic | offensive operations covering a strategic withdrawal ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Union Army of the Potomac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposingCommander | George B. McClellan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| outcome |
Confederate strategic success
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Union operational withdrawal ⓘ |
| partOf | Seven Days Battles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Union Peninsula Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedBattle |
Battle of Gaines’s Mill
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Glendale NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Malvern Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Mechanicsville NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Savage’s Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | Union Army driven away from Richmond ⓘ |
| side | Confederate States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strategicObjective |
force Union withdrawal from Richmond’s outskirts
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protect Richmond, Virginia ⓘ |
| theater | Eastern Theater of the American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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