Battle of Beaver Dam Creek

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The Battle of Beaver Dam Creek was an 1862 American Civil War engagement near Richmond, Virginia, in which Union forces repelled Confederate attacks during the Peninsula Campaign’s Seven Days Battles.

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instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Ellerson’s Mill ⓘ
Battle of Mechanicsville ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
campaign Peninsula Campaign ⓘ
commander George B. McClellan ⓘ
linked to: George McClellan
commemoratedBy Civil War battlefield markers near Mechanicsville, Virginia ⓘ
ConfederateArmy Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
ConfederateCasualties approximately 1,484 ⓘ
ConfederateCommander A. P. Hill ⓘ
linked to: A.P. Hill

Robert E. Lee ⓘ
Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson ⓘ
linked to: Stonewall Jackson
ConfederateStrength approximately 32,000 soldiers ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date June 26, 1862 ⓘ
defensiveLine position along Beaver Dam Creek near Ellerson’s Mill ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Gaines’s Mill ⓘ
location Hanover County, Virginia ⓘ
near Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
nearPlace Mechanicsville, Virginia ⓘ
notableUnit Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
Union V Corps ⓘ
objective Confederate attempt to turn the Union right flank ⓘ
operation Seven Days Battles ⓘ
partOf Peninsula Campaign ⓘ
Seven Days Battles ⓘ
precededBy Peninsula Campaign preliminary operations ⓘ
linked to: Peninsula Campaign
primaryTactic defensive position behind a creek line ⓘ
result Union victory ⓘ
river Beaver Dam Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
state Virginia ⓘ
strategicOutcome Union forces withdrew to Gaines’s Mill line ⓘ
tacticalOutcome Confederate frontal assaults repulsed ⓘ
terrainFeature creek with steep banks and swampy ground ⓘ
theater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
UnionArmy Army of the Potomac ⓘ
UnionCasualties approximately 361 ⓘ
UnionCommander Fitz John Porter ⓘ
George A. McCall NERFINISHED ⓘ
UnionStrength approximately 14,000 soldiers ⓘ
year 1862 ⓘ

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Seven Days Battles → includesBattle → Battle of Beaver Dam Creek ⓘ
Peninsula Campaign → majorBattle → Battle of Beaver Dam Creek ⓘ
Battle of Garnett’s and Golding’s Farm → precededBy → Battle of Beaver Dam Creek ⓘ
Seven Days’ Campaign → involvesBattle → Battle of Beaver Dam Creek ⓘ
Battle of Oak Grove → followedBy → Battle of Beaver Dam Creek ⓘ
Battle of Mechanicsville → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Beaver Dam Creek ⓘ
Battle of Gaines's Mill → precededBy → Battle of Beaver Dam Creek ⓘ
subject linked to: Battle of Gaines’s Mill
Action at Garnett’s Farm → precededBy → Battle of Beaver Dam Creek ⓘ
Seven Days' Campaign → battle → Battle of Beaver Dam Creek ⓘ
Mechanicsville, Virginia → locatedNear → Battle of Beaver Dam Creek battlefield ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Beaver Dam Creek
Battle of Ellerson’s Mill → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Beaver Dam Creek ⓘ
Seven Days Campaign → includedBattle → Battle of Beaver Dam Creek ⓘ
Beaver Dam Creek battlefield → battle → Battle of Beaver Dam Creek ⓘ