Battle of Cold Harbor--Flag of TruceOn 5 June 1864, two hot days after Gen. Robert E. Lee's bloody repulse of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's frontal assault, Federal Lt. Col. Theodore... [click for more]
Cavalry Action at Cold HarborOn 31 May 1864, Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt's Union cavalry brigade, operating under Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, advanced along this road and thr... [click for more]
Lee’s HeadquartersJust to the east stood the Clarke house (Lockwood), wherein Gen. Robert E. Lee made his field headquarters, 28-31 May 1864. While here, and though ill... [click for more]
Patrick Henry’s BirthplaceSeven miles east, at Studley, May 29, 1736, was born Patrick Henry, the orator of the Revolution.... [click for more]
Seven Days Battles--Gaines’s MillHere Lee and Stonewall Jackson conferred in the morning of June 27, 1862. Jackson's troops halted here until A. P. Hill arrived from Beaver Dam Creek.... [click for more]
Seven Days Battles--Jackson’s March to the BattlefieldConfederate Gen. Thomas J. Stonewall Jackson and his troops passed through this intersection on 27 June 1862, having arrived from the Shenandoah Valle... [click for more]
Seven Days Battles--Mechanicsville (2)Down this slope in the late afternoon of June 26, 1862, A. P. Hill moved to attack the Unionists holding the east side of Beaver Dam Creek. Pender's b... [click for more]
Seven Days Battles--MechanicsvilleMechanicsville was held by Union outposts when, in the early afternoon of June 26, 1862, A. P. Hill reached it coming from the north. The Unionists we... [click for more]
Seven Days Battles--Porter’s WithdrawalAlong this road Fitz-John Porter withdrew from Beaver Dam Creek in the early morning of June 27, 1862. McClellan, having learned that Stonewall Jackso... [click for more]
Seven Days’ Battles--Battle of Beaver Dam CreekThe Civil War battle of Beaver Dam Creek (Mechanicsville) began on the afternoon of 26 June 1862. Confederate Maj. Gen. Ambrose P. Hill's division cro... [click for more]
Seven Days’ Battles--Gaines’s Mill (2)This is the site of Gaines's Mill, which gave its name to the battle of June 27, 1862. Here A. P. Hill's advance guard, following Porter, came in cont... [click for more]
Seven Days’ Battles--Gaines’s Mill (3)Half a mile south is Boatswain Creek. The battle that was begun at Gaines's Mill by A. P. Hill, following Porter's rear guard, culminated at the Union... [click for more]
Seven Days’ Battles--New BridgeLeading up to and during the Seven Days' Battles from 25 June to 1 July 1862, bridges and roads played an important role in the movement of the Union ... [click for more]
Seven Days’ Campaign--Gaines’s Mill (4)On 25 June 1862, Gen. Robert E. Lee led his Army of Northern Virginia in the Seven Days' Campaign to drive Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan and his Army ... [click for more]
