Seven Days Retreat Timeline

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June 23, 1862

Robert E. Lee plans a counterattack against Union forces preparing to lay siege to Richmond at the Dabbs House

Robert E. Lee

Stonewall Jackson

Daniel Harvey Hill

James Longstreet

June 25, 1862
July 1, 1862

A series of closely linked battles known as The Seven Days Battle or The Seven Day Retreat start near Mechanicsville as the Army of the Potomac begins its advance to Richmond.

George McClellan

Robert E. Lee

June 25, 1862

Battle of Oak Grove
Battle of The Orchards

Joseph Hooker [US] tries to push forward to gain ground for better positioning of McClellan's siege guns

George McClellan

Battle of Oak Grove

Joseph Hooker

Benjamin Huger

June 26, 1862

Battle of Mechanicsville [CS]
Battle of Beaver Dam Creek [US]
Battle of Ellerson's Mill [Alternate]
Battle of Ellison's Mill [Alternate:misspelling]

Daniel Harvey Hill [CS] attacks Fitz-John Porter [US].

George McClellan

Battle of Beaver Dam Creek

Fitz-John Porter

A. P. Hill

Robert E. Lee

George Meade

June 27, 1862

Battle of Gaines Mill [US]
Battle of First Cold Harbor [CS]
Battle of the Chickahominy [Alternate]

John Bell Hood [CS] and George Pickett [CS] breakthrough Fitz John Porter's [US] line, forcing Union troops south of the Chickahominy River and severing McClellan's supply line to Eltham's Landing (White House, West Point)

John Bell Hood

Battle of Gaines Mill

Daniel Harvey Hill

A. P. Hill

Fitz-John Porter

Gouverneur K. Warren

George Pickett

George Meade

June 29, 1862

Battle of Peach Orchard
Battle of Orchard Station [Alt.]
Battle of Allen's Farm [Alt.]

John Magruder

Edwin Vose Sumner