Battle of Fair Oaks

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The Battle of Fair Oaks, also known as the Battle of Seven Pines, was a major 1862 American Civil War engagement near Richmond, Virginia, that halted the Union advance during the Peninsula Campaign and led to Robert E. Lee taking command of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.

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Generate an image of the Battle of Fair Oaks (The Battle of Fair Oaks, also known as the Battle of Seven Pines, was a major 1862 American Civil War engagement near Richmond, Virginia, that halted the Union advance during the Peninsula Campaign and led to Robert E. Lee taking command of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Seven Pines ⓘ
alternativeName Seven Pines ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
campaignObjective capture of Richmond by Union forces ⓘ
casualtiesAndLosses heavy on both sides ⓘ
combatant Confederate Army ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ
commander D. H. Hill ⓘ
George B. McClellan ⓘ
linked to: George McClellan

Gustavus W. Smith ⓘ
James Longstreet ⓘ
Joseph E. Johnston ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date May 31, 1862 ⓘ
endDate June 1, 1862 ⓘ
followedBy Seven Days Battles ⓘ
followerEvent Robert E. Lee assumes command of the Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
Seven Days Battles ⓘ
front Virginia Peninsula ⓘ
location Henrico County, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Henrico County

near Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
militaryBranch Confederate Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
Union Army of the Potomac ⓘ
linked to: Army of the Potomac
namedAfter Fair Oaks Station ⓘ
near Chickahominy River ⓘ
notableOutcome appointment of Robert E. Lee to field command in Virginia ⓘ
wounding of Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston ⓘ
opposingCommander George B. McClellan ⓘ
linked to: George McClellan

Gustavus W. Smith ⓘ
Joseph E. Johnston ⓘ
partOf American Civil War ⓘ
Peninsula Campaign ⓘ
precededBy Siege of Yorktown (1862) ⓘ
linked to: Peninsula Campaign
predecessorEvent Union advance up the Virginia Peninsula ⓘ
result inconclusive ⓘ
tactically inconclusive ⓘ
significance checked McClellan’s approach to Richmond ⓘ
prompted Confederate command reorganization ⓘ
startDate May 31, 1862 ⓘ
state Virginia ⓘ
strategicEffect halted Union advance on Richmond ⓘ
led to Robert E. Lee assuming command of the Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
theater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
year 1862 ⓘ

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Oliver Otis Howard → battle → Battle of Fair Oaks ⓘ
II Corps (Union Army of the Potomac) → engagedIn → Battle of Fair Oaks ⓘ
Battle of Seven Pines → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Fair Oaks ⓘ
Fair Oaks Station → gaveNameTo → Battle of Fair Oaks ⓘ
Fair Oaks Station → associatedWithEvent → Battle of Fair Oaks ⓘ
Union III Corps → engagedAt → Battle of Fair Oaks ⓘ