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The Seven Days Battles (June 25–July 1, 1862) were a series of American Civil War battles.

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The Seven Days Battles (June 25–July 1, 1862) were a series of American Civil War battles in which a Confederate army under General Robert E. Lee drove back General George B. McClellan’s Union forces and thwarted the North’s attempt to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.

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THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

  • The Civil War of 1861-1865 determined what kind of nation the United States would be, whether the United States would become a dissolvable confederation of sovereign states or a united nation with a sovereign national government.
  • It also determined whether the US, which was formed declaring that all men are created with an equal right to liberty, would ironically exist as the largest slaveholding country in the world.
  • When Abraham Lincoln won the election in 1860 as the first Republican president, he vowed to abolish slavery.
  • Several slave states in the deep South seceded and formed a new nation, the Confederate States of America.
  • Lincoln considered this as insurrection and called on the militia to suppress the confederacy.
  • The first major battle of the Civil War took place on July 21, 1861, when public and political demands pushed an unprepared Union army into battle in Virginia.
  • Huge battles happened in Shiloh, Tennessee; Gaines’ Mill, Second Manassas, and Fredericksburg, Virginia; and Antietam, Maryland.
  • In the subsequent years, battles erupted in Gettysburg and Vicksburg, Pennsylvania; as well as Chickamauga and Atlanta, Georgia.
  • From 1862 to 1865, Robert E. Lee’s confederate Army managed to suppress the Union attacks.
  • However, with the leadership of Ulysses S. Grant, the tides turned, and the Confederate began to lose ground.
  • Union victories followed one after another, destroying Confederate territories and economic resources.
  • By the spring of 1865, the main Confederate armies surrendered.
  • The Union cavalry soon captured Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Georgia on May 10, 1865, and the war ended.

THE SEVEN DAYS BATTLES

  • Robert E. Lee took command of the Confederate Army and led them to victory against the Union in the Seven Days Battles.
  • The Battle of Oak Grove (Battle of French’s Field or King’s School House) took place on June 25, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia.
  • Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan attacked over the swampy ground of Oak Grove to derail the Confederate offensive, but the battle resulted in inconclusive results, and darkness halted the fighting.
  • The Battle of Beaver Dam Creek (Battle of Mechanicsville or Ellerson Mill) took place on June 26, 1862, in Hanover County, Virginia. It was the first major engagement.
  • Gen. Lee initiated his offensive against McClellan, but Confederate attacks were driven back with heavy casualties. With reinforcements coming, the Union decided to retreat and reorganize.
  • The Battle of Gaines’ Mill (First Battle of Cold Harbor or the Battle of Chickahominy River) took place on June 27, 1862, in Hanover County, Virginia.
  • Gen. Lee renewed his attacks against the Union and mounted a coordinated assault that broke the soldiers back toward the Chickahominy River.
  • The battle continued on June 28 at the river. A separate Confederate force attacked near Golding’s Farm, but they were easily repelled.
  • However, this alarmed the Union, as they feared they could be attacked from all directions.
  • The Battle of Savage’s Station took place on June 29, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia.
  • The main body of the Union army began a general withdrawal toward the James River.
  • They continued to withdraw across White Oak Swamp, abandoning supplies and more than 2,500 wounded soldiers in the field hospital.
  • The Battle of Glendale (Battle of Frayser’s Farm) took place on June 30, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia.
  • The Union charged and tried to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond, but they were forced to retreat from General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia.
  • The Confederacy continued with their attacks but were soon repelled, giving the Union safe passage to a highly defensible position on Malvern Hill.
  • The Battle of Malvern Hill (Battle of Poindexter’s Farm) took place on July 1, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia. It was the last of the Seven Days Battles.
  • Gen. Robert E. Lee launched a series of fragmented offensives on the nearly impregnable Union position on Malvern Hill.
  • The Confederates suffered more than 5,300 casualties without increasing its ground against the Union.
  • Despite the Confederate loss, the Union withdrew to entrench at Harrison’s Landing on the James River, where the Union army was protected by gunboats. This ended the Peninsula Campaign.

Seven Days Battles Worksheets

This is a fantastic bundle which includes everything you need to know about the Seven Days Battles across 23 in-depth pages. These are ready-to-use Seven Days Battles worksheets that are perfect for teaching students about the Seven Days Battles (June 25–July 1, 1862) which were a series of American Civil War battles in which a Confederate army under General Robert E. Lee drove back General George B. McClellan’s Union forces and thwarted the North’s attempt to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.

Complete List Of Included Worksheets

  • American Civil War: Seven Days Battles Facts
  • This Is America
  • Reasons of Strife
  • The Confederates
  • Robert E. Lee
  • The Union
  • The Seven-Day Timeline
  • The Effects of War
  • Post-War America
  • America
  • A Message to the World

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