The Battle of Seven Pines, also known as the Battle of Fair Oaks or Fair Oaks Station, took place on May 31 and June 1, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia...
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victory in a dispatch to Washington. On May 31, during the Battle of Seven Pines, Longstreet received his orders verbally from Johnston but apparently misremembered...
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minor battle occurred at Hanover Court House (May 27), but it was followed by a surprise attack by Johnston at the Battle of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks on May...
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Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Seven Pines of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is shown separately...
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augmented with James Archer's brigade from Smith's division. At Seven Pines, Longstreet and Smith served as temporary wing commanders, and operational...
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Peninsula campaign (section Seven Pines (or Fair Oaks))
defensive works at Seven Pines. Hill, now strengthened by reinforcements from Longstreet, hit the secondary Union line near Seven Pines around 4:40 p.m...
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Benjamin Huger (general) (category Burials at Green Mount Cemetery)
for allowing valuable equipment to be captured. At Seven Pines, he was blamed by General James Longstreet for impeding the Confederate attack and was transferred...
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Service Under Johnston and Lee (1911) The Cost of Drink (1911) Longstreet at Seven Pines (1911) His Last Crooked Deal (1911) Molly Pitcher, directed by...
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when Longstreet was wounded by his own men. An evening attack by Brigadier General John B. Gordon against the Union right flank caused consternation at the...
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John Bell Hood (category Burials at Metairie Cemetery)
command was reassigned to Maj. Gen James Longstreet's corps. While the division had numbered five brigades at Seven Pines, several reorganizations reduced it...
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temporarily assuming division command at Seven Pines when General James Longstreet was serving as a wing commander. At Seven Pines, he gained the sobriquet "Fighting...
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general engagement was at Eltham's Landing on May 7, 1862, where it lost 36 men killed and wounded. During the Battle of Seven Pines, it was directed to...
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Micah Jenkins (category Burials at Magnolia Cemetery (Charleston, South Carolina))
army, Jenkins retained his command of the 5th South Carolina. At the Battle of Seven Pines, Anderson was temporarily put in division command while Jenkins...
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linked the Confederacy east and west, and position the First Corps under Longstreet for return to the Army of Northern Virginia. Union Army forces under Maj...
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First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (redirect from Longstreet's corps)
The First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (or Longstreet's Corps) was a military unit fighting for the Confederate States of America in the American Civil...
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George Pickett (category Burials at Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia))
command of Major General James Longstreet, which became the I Corps that December. His division was lightly engaged at the Battle of Fredericksburg and...
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April, 1862, and reported 40 casualties at Williamsburg, and 47 at Seven Pines. It lost 12 killed and 52 wounded at Second Manassas, had 8 killed and 54...
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Samuel Garland Jr. (section Battle of Seven Pines)
Campaign (March–July 1862) and the Seven Days Battles (June 25-July 1, 1862). In the Battle of Seven Pines Garland was at the left wing of the Confederate...
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retreat. After the Battle of Seven Pines, on May 31 and June 1, McClellan and the Army of the Potomac sat passively at the outskirts of Richmond for...
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under Maj. Gens. A.P. Hill, James Longstreet, and D.H. Hill attacked from the direction of Mechanicsville. The Seven Days Battles began with a Union attack...
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killed and 47 wounded at Williamsburg, had 18 killed and 41 wounded at Seven Pines, and had 17 killed, 23 wounded, and 73 missing at Frayser's Farm. It reported...
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on the battlefield at Seven Pines by Confederate President Jefferson Davis in person, he fought in the Seven Days Battles and at Second Manassas, Fredericksburg...
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were killed or wounded. A few days prior to the engagement at Seven Pines General Longstreet had presented the Palmetto Sharpshooters with a battle flag...
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Virginia. He fought as a brigade commander at Seven Pines, and then under General Robert E. Lee in the Seven Days Battles (where he was chosen to spearhead...
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brother-in-law to Stonewall Jackson and a close friend to both James Longstreet and Joseph E. Johnston, but disagreements with both Robert E. Lee and...
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It reported 189 casualties at Williamsburg and 107 casualties at Seven Pines as it defended the Confederate capitol at Richmond during the Peninsula...
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was repulsed. Confederate counterattacks, directed by Maj. Gen. James Longstreet, threatened to overwhelm the Union left flank, until Brig. Gen. Philip...
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J. Johnston Pettigrew (category University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni)
Campaign in the summer of 1862, Pettigrew was severely wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines. He was hit by a Minié ball that damaged his throat, windpipe...
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Bridge May 20–23. Seven Pines, Savage Station and Chickahominy May 24. Reconnaissance to Seven Pines May 24–27. Battle of Seven Pines May 31-June 1. New...
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that Hill was placed under arrest and Hill challenged Longstreet to a duel. Following the Seven Days Battles, Lee reorganized the army into two corps...
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