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{{American Civil War

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!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: black; height: 30px; background: white  no-repeat scroll top left;"|Seven Days' Battles

| partof      =Peninsula Campaign

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| date        =26 June - 3 July 1862

| location    =Henrico County, Virginia

|June 26, 1862

| combatant1  =Army of the Potomac  

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| combatant2  =Army of Northern Virginia

| commander1  =[[George B. McClellan]]<br/>Major General, USA

|July 3, 1862

| commander2  =[[Robert E. Lee]]<br/>General, CSA

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| strength2  =92,000 est.

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|Commander

| casualties2 =Killed: 3,494<br/>Wounded: 15,758<br/>Missing/captured: 952

|MGEN [[George B. McClellan]]  

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!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: gray  no-repeat scroll top left;"|Army of Northern Virginia

|GEN [[Robert E. Lee]]  

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The '''Seven Days' Battles''' were a series of battles fought outside Richmond, Virginia, between June 25 and July 1, 1862, during the [[American Civil War]]. They happened when Confederate General [[Robert E. Lee]] decided to attack the Army of the Potomac under General [[George B. McClellan]], who had slowly advanced the [[Army of the Potomac]] to whithin miles of Richmond, the Confederate capital. Lee, recently given command of the [[Army of Northern Virginia]], understood McClellan to be cautious in battle and believed that a series of attacks could lead him to withdraw from his campaign. Tactically, the battles were relatively indecisive; although the Confederates did cause the Federals to withdraw, it was at an extreme cost the Army of Northern Virginia could not bear for long. McClellan, however, continued his cautious behavior and withdrew to Harrison's Landing on the James River. Unsatisfied with McClellan's actions during the battles, President [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln]] ordered McClellan to withdraw from the peninsula and move north to support General John Pope's Army of Virginia. The individual battles were:

The '''Seven Days' Battles''' were a series of battles fought outside Richmond, Virginia, between June 25 and July 1, 1862, during the [[American Civil War]]. They happened when Confederate General [[Robert E. Lee]] decided to attack the Army of the Potomac under General [[George B. McClellan]], who had slowly advanced the [[Army of the Potomac]] to whithin miles of Richmond, the Confederate capital. Lee, recently given command of the [[Army of Northern Virginia]], understood McClellan to be cautious in battle and believed that a series of attacks could lead him to withdraw from his campaign. Tactically, the battles were relatively indecisive; although the Confederates did cause the Federals to withdraw, it was at an extreme cost the Army of Northern Virginia could not bear for long. McClellan, however, continued his cautious behavior and withdrew to Harrison's Landing on the James River. Unsatisfied with McClellan's actions during the battles, President [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln]] ordered McClellan to withdraw from the peninsula and move north to support General John Pope's Army of Virginia. The individual battles were: