What is Seven Days Battles?
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]].<ref name=1862sdbNPS>{{cite web |url=https://www.nps.gov/rich/learn/historyculture/sevendays.htm |title=1862 Seven Days' Battles |website=Richmond National Battlefield Park Virginia |publisher=National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior |access-date=6 July 2016}}</ref> [[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]].<ref name=1862sdbNPS/> By mid-may his army of over 100,000 soldiers were on the outskirts of Richmond, Virginia, the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[Capital (city)|capital]].<ref name=1862sdbNPS/> 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]], was [[wound]]ed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/seven_days_battles |title=Seven Days' Battles |website=Encyclopedia Virginia |publisher=Virginia Foundation for the Humanities |access-date=6 July 2016}}</ref> [[Jefferson Davis]] appointed General [[Robert E. Lee]] as the new [[commander]].<ref name=sdbHN>{{cite web |url=http://www.historynet.com/seven-days-battle |title=Seven Days Battle |publisher=HistoryNet |access-date=6 July 2016}}</ref> Lee's victory in the Seven Days Battles proved to be among the most [[wikt:decisive|decisive]] [[battle]]s of the [[Peninsula Campaign]]. == References == {{reflist}} {{American Civil War}} [[Category:American Civil War battles]] [[Category:1862 in Virginia]] [[Category:Peninsula Campaign]]