The Battle of Gaines' Mill, sometimes known as the Battle of Chickahominy River, took place on June 27, 1862, in Hanover County, Virginia, as the third...
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22nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (category Units and formations of the Union Army from Massachusetts)
particularly the Battle of Gaines' Mill during which it suffered its worst casualties (numerically) of the war. Their worst casualties in terms of percentages...
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Mechanicsville, Virginia (category Suburbs of Richmond, Virginia)
final battle of Union Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign. This was fought over the same ground as the Battle of Gaines' Mill. The area...
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Samuel Garland Jr. (category University of Virginia School of Law alumni)
Dranesville, Battle of Oak Grove, Battle of Beaver Dam Creek, Battle of Seven Pines, Battle of Gaines' Mill, Battle of Malvern Hill, and Williamsburg, having...
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6th Louisiana Infantry Regiment (Confederate) (category Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Louisiana)
of the Louisiana Tigers. Formed in June 1861 at Camp Moore, it fought in Jackson's Valley campaign, the Battle of Gaines Mill, the Second Battle of Bull...
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Richard H. Rush (category People of Pennsylvania in the American Civil War)
received battle honors for service at the Battle of Hanover Court House, the Battle of Gaines' Mill, the Battle of White Oak Swamp, the Battle of South Mountain...
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Virginia, on the sixth day of the Seven Days Battles (Peninsula Campaign) of the American Civil War. Following the Battle of Gaines' Mill, Union Major General...
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5th New York Infantry Regiment (category Units and formations of the Union Army from New York (state))
Battle of Big Bethel Siege of Yorktown Battle of Hanover Court House Battle of Gaines Mill Battle of Malvern Hill Second Battle of Bull Run Battle of...
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61st Georgia Infantry Regiment (category Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Georgia (U.S. state))
Battle of Gaines' Mill (27 June 1862), Second Manassas (29-30 August 1862), the Battle of Chancellorsville (29 April – 5 May 1863) and the Battle of Gettysburg...
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James G. Field (category People of Virginia in the American Civil War)
staff of General A. P. Hill. At the Battle of Gaines' Mill he was wounded and later lost a leg at the Battle of Cedar Mountain on August 9, 1862. After...
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The Battle of Beaver Dam Creek, also known as the Battle of Mechanicsville or Ellerson's Mill, took place on June 26, 1862, in Hanover County, Virginia...
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Jesse Gove (category People of New Hampshire in the American Civil War)
War he was colonel of the 22nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and was killed leading that regiment in the Battle of Gaines' Mill. Gove was born in Weare...
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Daniel Butterfield (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
Army of the Potomac for the Peninsula Campaign in the V Corps, commanded by Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter. In the Seven Days Battles, at Gaines' Mill on June...
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10th New York Infantry Regiment (category Units and formations of the Union Army from New York (state))
official list of battles in which the regiment bore a part: Battle of Tranter's Creek Seven Days Battles Battle of Gaines' Mill Battle of Malvern Hill...
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Andrew J. Tozier (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
Regiment. In early 1862, he was promoted to corporal and at the Battle of Gaines' Mill, he was shot in the middle finger and the ankle. Tozier was captured...
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Texas Brigade (category Confederate States of America monuments and memorials in Texas)
regiments 18th Georgia Infantry Regiment Battle of Gaines' Mill (June 27, 1862) (the primary engagement of Seven Days Battle); assigned to Whiting's Division;...
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following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history. The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but usually yielding...
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Charles J. Whiting (category People of Maine in the American Civil War)
George B. McClellan's Peninsula campaign but was captured during the Battle of Gaines' Mill when his horse was shot from under him. After spending some time...
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John W. Ames (colonel) (category People of Massachusetts in the American Civil War)
"gallantry in action" during the Battle of Gaines' Mill. On September 28, 1863, Ames accepted a commission to be given command of the 6th United States Colored...
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John P. Beech (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
captured at the Battle of Gaines' Mill and then imprisoned at Belle Isle in Richmond, Virginia. On May 12, 1864, during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court...
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George Morton Randall (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
the field with the Army of the Potomac. He was a second lieutenant at the Siege of Yorktown, Battle of Gaines' Mill, Battle of Malvern Hill, Second Bull...
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Dedham, Massachusetts in the American Civil War (category History of Dedham, Massachusetts)
learned his regiment was not to fight at the Battle of Gaines' Mill. Wanting to fight, he mingled with the ranks of the Ninth Massachusetts, joined in their...
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Irish Brigade (Union Army) (category Units and formations of the Union Army from New York (state))
Massachusetts. The 29th was never fond of being brigaded with three Irish "Fenian" regiments from New York and soon after the Battle of Antietam the 29th was replaced...
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8th Virginia Infantry Regiment (category Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Virginia)
After a valiant charge at the Battle of Gaines' Mill in June (one of the Seven Days Battles in which the unit lost a total of 10 killed and 66 wounded),...
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Edward Porter Alexander (category People of Georgia (U.S. state) in the American Civil War)
observation balloon at Gaines' Mill on June 27, ascending several times and returning with valuable intelligence regarding the position of the Union Army. Alexander...
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Thomas Sherwin (category People of Massachusetts in the American Civil War)
the Battle of Gaines' Mill on June 27, 1862. On April 3, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated Sherwin for the award of the honorary grade of brevet...
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T.B.W. Stockton (category American military personnel of the Mexican–American War)
Stockton was captured along with most of his regiment at the Battle of Gaines' Mill. He would be held as a prisoner of war at Libby Prison until he was released...
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Silas M. Baily (category State treasurers of Pennsylvania)
regiment due to Jesse B. Gardner resigning on June 4, 1862. During the Battle of Gaines' Mill, Baily was severely wounded in the face and had to be carried back...
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William H. French (category Members of the Aztec Club of 1847)
the Peninsula Campaign. He was engaged at the battles of Yorktown, Seven Pines, Oak Grove, Gaines' Mill, Garnett's & Golding's Farm, Savage's Station...
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Charles T. Duncan (category American lawyers admitted to the practice of law by reading law)
Mexican war who had been a local lawyer and judge. At the Battle of Gaines' Mill on June 26, 1862, he was beside Colonel Fulkerson when he received his...
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