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Seven Days Battles

George B. McClellan and Robert E. Lee, respective commanders of the Union and Confederate armies in the Seven Days

Date	June 25 – July 1, 1862
Location	Hanover County and Henrico County, Virginia
Result	Confederate victory

Belligerents

Commanders and leaders

Units involved

Strength

114,691 ("present for duty equipped"):

92,000

Casualties and losses

15,849
1,734 killed
8,062 wounded
6,053 missing/captured

20,050–20,100
3,494 killed
15,758 wounded
952 missing/captured

The Seven Days Battles (June 25, 1862 – July 1, 1862) were a series of six major battles fought near Richmond, Virginia during the American Civil War. Union army. In early 1862, Major general George B. McClellan’s Army of the Potomac landed at Hampton, Virginia and began fighting its way up the Virginia Peninsula. By mid-may his army of over 100,000 soldiers were on the outskirts of Richmond, Virginia, the Confederate capital. If McClellan could capture Richmond, it could end the war. The city was defended by the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. The two armies had just fought the Battle of Seven Pines in which the Confederate general, Joseph E. Johnston, had just been wounded. Jefferson Davis appointed General Robert E. Lee to take over command. The Seven Days Battles proved to be the most decisive engagements of the Peninsula Campaign.