Battle of Riddell’s Shop

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The Battle of Riddell’s Shop, more commonly known as the Battle of Glendale, was a major 1862 engagement of the American Civil War’s Seven Days Battles near Richmond, Virginia, involving intense fighting as Union forces retreated toward the James River.

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Battle of Riddell’s Shop canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Frayser’s Farm ⓘ
Battle of Glendale ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States of America (Union) ⓘ
campaign Peninsula Campaign ⓘ
casualties thousands combined ⓘ
combatant Confederate Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
Union Army of the Potomac ⓘ
linked to: Army of the Potomac
commander George B. McClellan ⓘ
linked to: George McClellan

Robert E. Lee ⓘ
ConfederateCommander A. P. Hill ⓘ
linked to: A.P. Hill

James Longstreet ⓘ
Robert E. Lee ⓘ
Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson ⓘ
linked to: Stonewall Jackson
ConfederateStrength large portion of the Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date June 30, 1862 ⓘ
description intense fighting during Union retreat toward the James River ⓘ
major engagement of the Seven Days Battles ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Malvern Hill ⓘ
front Virginia Peninsula ⓘ
location Henrico County, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Henrico County
near Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
notableFeature complex, poorly coordinated Confederate attacks ⓘ
fragmented Union defensive positions along multiple roads ⓘ
objective to cut off Union retreat to the James River ⓘ
partOf Seven Days Battles ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Gaines’s Mill ⓘ
relatedTo McClellan’s retreat to Harrison’s Landing ⓘ
defense of the Union supply line to the James River ⓘ
result inconclusive ⓘ
tactically inconclusive ⓘ
significance key engagement preventing Confederates from destroying the Union army during the Seven Days Battles ⓘ
state Virginia ⓘ
strategicOutcome Confederate strategic advantage ⓘ
tacticalSituation Confederate forces attempting to strike the Union column in transit ⓘ
Union forces retreating from positions near Richmond ⓘ
theater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
timePeriod American Civil War, 1862 ⓘ
typeOfEngagement land battle ⓘ
UnionCommander Edwin V. Sumner ⓘ
George B. McClellan ⓘ
linked to: George McClellan

Joseph Hooker ⓘ
Philip Kearny ⓘ
UnionStrength multiple corps of the Army of the Potomac ⓘ
year 1862 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Glendale → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Riddell’s Shop ⓘ
Battle of Frayser’s Farm → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Riddell’s Shop ⓘ