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The placards designate each area of battle. It was the third day of the Seven Day Battles of the American Civil War. That can be seen from the situation on the morning of June 27. Gaines Mill Battlefield is located off Cold Harbor Road and depicts the third contest of the Seven Day Battles and was a Confederate victory by Robert E. Lee over McClellan. On this day, General Robert E. Lee renewed his attack against the Union’s Fifth Corps’ troop led by Fitz John Porter.

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Our first game in the series focuses on the only Confederate victory of the Seven Days. Since the Confederate assault was conducted against only a small portion of the Union the army emerged from the battle in relatively good shape overall. Decimus et Ultimus Barziza details the actions of the 4th Texas Infantry at the Battle of Gaines' Mill on June 27, 1862. Many soldiers fought at Gaines’s Mill, one of the most ferocious of the war and the key battle in the Seven Days, the series of battles fought near the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia in late June and early July, 1862.

Confederate General Robert E. Lee renewed his attacks against Union Brig. The Battle of Gaines' Mill (First Battle of Cold Harbor/Battle of Chickahominy River) took place on June 27, 1862, in Hanover County, Virginia, as the third of the Seven Days Battles (Peninsula Campaign) of the American Civil War.Following the inconclusive Battle of Beaver Dam Creek (Mechanicsville) the previous day, Confederate General Robert E. Lee renewed his attacks against … The Battle of Gaines's Mill, fought on June 27, 1862, and one of the Seven Days' Battles, was a Confederate victory and remembered by many of its participants as the most intense fight of the American Civil War (1861–1865).

Gaines Mill was an intense battle, the largest of the Seven Days and the only clear-cut Confederate tactical victory of the Peninsula Campaign. Use your browser's "back" button to return to the page.

You can walk throughout the park where the battles were … See more ideas about American civil war, Civil war photos and Battle. The Battle of Gaines' Mill, also known as the First Battle of Cold Harbor or the Battle of Chickahominy River, took place on June 27, 1862, in Hanover County, Virginia, as the third of the Seven Days Battles (Peninsula Campaign) of the American Civil War. Also known as the First Battle of Cold Harbor and Battle of Chickahominy River, the Battle of Gaines’ Mill took place on the 27th of June, 1862 in the Hanover County.

June 27, 1862 Estimated Casualties: 15,500 total (US 6,800; CS 8,700) This was the third of the Seven Days’ Battles. Tiny Battle Publishing is proud to present this series of quick-playing, medium-complexity games about these fascinating and overlooked battles of the American Civil War, starting with Gaines's Mill.