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BEAVER DAM CREEK! |
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Beaver Dam Creek, January, 1998 (left) and September, 1998 (right).
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BEAVER DAM CREEK! |
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These photographs, taken at the same place in different seasons,
show one of the places the Confederates crossed Beaver Dam Creek
under intense enemy fire.
June 26, 1862 Estimated Casualties: 1,700 total (US 400; CS 1,300) Second of the Seven Days’ Battles. Gen. Robert E. Lee initiated his offensive against McClellan’s right flank north of the Chickahominy River. A.P. Hill threw his division reinforced by one of D.H. Hill's brigades into a series of futile assaults against Brig. Gen. Fitz John Porter's V Corpswhich was drawn up behind Beaver Dam Creek. Confederate attacks were driven back with heavy casualties. Jackson’s Shenandoah Valley divisions, however, were approaching from the northwest, forcing Porter to withdraw the next morning to a position behind Boatswain Creek just beyond Gaines' Mill. (Text Source: U.S. Gov't, National Park Service) |
