Battle of Beaver Dam Creek

June 26, 1862 · Hanover County

Result Union victory

Union troops under Fitz John Porter repulsed Confederate attacks by Lee's army at Beaver Dam Creek, near Mechanicsville, Virginia. It opened the Seven Days Battles.

Union

Confederacy

Strength and losses

Strength
15,63115,631, 34,214
Casualties
361400
Killed
49894, 49
Wounded
2073,107, 207
Missing
1052,836, 105
Strength
16,35657,018
Casualties
1,300
Wounded
8,751