✦ History

Part of American Civil War

Seven Days Battles

June 25 – July 1, 1862 · Near Richmond, Virginia

Result Confederate victory

Series of seven battles, 25 June-1 July 1862, near Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War. Confederate general Robert E. Lee drove the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, away from Richmond into retreat down the Virginia Peninsula. The battles culminated the Peninsula Campaign; the Union suffered almost 16,000 casualties and Lee's army over 20,000.

On the map Contemporaries

Union

Confederacy

United States
Confederate States of America
George B. McClellan
Robert E. Lee John Bell Hood

Strength and losses

Strength
101,434c. 106,000
Casualties
15,855c. 16,000
Killed
1,734c. 1,700
Wounded
8,066c. 8,300
Missing
6,055c. 6,000
Guns
c. 340
Strength
c. 94,000
Casualties
20,204c. 20,000
Killed
3,494c. 3,200
Wounded
15,758c. 15,800
Missing
952c. 1,000
Guns
c. 250

Units

Army of the Potomac III Corps (Union Army) Irish Brigade (Union Army) 62nd Ohio Infantry Regiment 67th Ohio Infantry Regiment
Army of Northern Virginia A. P. Hill's Light Division 1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment 24th Virginia Infantry Regiment 25th Virginia Infantry Regiment 2nd Virginia Cavalry Regiment 31st Virginia Infantry Regiment 3rd Virginia Cavalry Regiment 4th Virginia Cavalry Regiment 5th Virginia Cavalry Regiment

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