Battle of Malvern Hill

July 1, 1862 · Henrico County

Result Union victory

Robert E. Lee's Confederate army attacked a strong Union position on Malvern Hill in Virginia. Union artillery repulsed the attacks with heavy losses, in the last of the Seven Days Battles.

On the map Contemporaries

Union

Confederacy

United States

Confederate States of America

George B. McClellan military commander

Robert E. Lee military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 54,000c. 80,000
Casualties: 3,007
Killed: 314397
Wounded: 1,8752,092
Missing: 818725
Ships: 3
Guns: 171

Strength: c. 80,000

Units

Army of the Potomac III Corps (Union Army) Irish Brigade (Union Army) 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment 11th Maine Infantry Regiment 1st U.S. Artillery, Battery E

Army of Northern Virginia