Seven Days’ Retreat

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Seven Days’ Retreat was the Confederate army’s strategic withdrawal during the 1862 Seven Days Battles of the American Civil War, in which Robert E. Lee’s forces drove the Union Army away from Richmond.

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instanceOf Confederate military operation ⓘ
military retreat ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Confederate retreat from the Chickahominy ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States Army ⓘ
campaign Peninsula Campaign ⓘ
commander Robert E. Lee ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country Confederate States of America ⓘ
date June–July 1862 ⓘ
effect ended immediate Union threat to Richmond in 1862 ⓘ
historicalPeriod American Civil War, 1862 campaigns ⓘ
location Virginia ⓘ
vicinity of Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
militaryTactic offensive operations covering a strategic withdrawal ⓘ
opposedBy Union Army of the Potomac ⓘ
linked to: Army of the Potomac
opposingCommander George B. McClellan ⓘ
linked to: George McClellan
outcome Confederate strategic success ⓘ
Union operational withdrawal ⓘ
partOf Seven Days Battles ⓘ
precededBy Union Peninsula Campaign ⓘ
relatedBattle Battle of Gaines’s Mill ⓘ
Battle of Glendale ⓘ
Battle of Malvern Hill ⓘ
Battle of Mechanicsville ⓘ
Battle of Savage’s Station ⓘ
result Union Army driven away from Richmond ⓘ
side Confederate States ⓘ
strategicObjective force Union withdrawal from Richmond’s outskirts ⓘ
protect Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
theater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

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Battle of Savage’s Station → associatedWith → Seven Days’ Retreat ⓘ