Action at Garnett’s Farm

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Action at Garnett’s Farm is a minor engagement of the American Civil War’s Peninsula Campaign, fought in June 1862 near Richmond, Virginia, as part of the Seven Days Battles.

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instanceOf American Civil War battle
military engagement
minor engagement
alsoKnownAs Action at Garnett’s and Golding’s Farm
associatedWith Army of Northern Virginia
Army of the Potomac
belligerent Confederate States of America
United States (Union)
campaign Peninsula Campaign
campaignPhase Seven Days Battles
chronologicalOrderInSevenDays early engagement
combatant Confederate States Army
Union Army
commander George B. McClellan
linked to: George McClellan

Robert E. Lee
conflict American Civil War
continent North America
country United States
date June 27, 1862
followedBy Battle of Gaines’s Mill
front Virginia front
historicalPeriod American Civil War era
linked to: American Civil War
locationFeature defensive earthworks
farmland terrain
militaryBranchInvolved artillery
infantry
month June 1862
near Richmond, Virginia
objective Confederate probing of Union lines
defense of Union positions east of Richmond
partOf Peninsula Campaign
Seven Days Battles
Union advance on Richmond
operations around Richmond
place Henrico County, Virginia
linked to: Henrico County
precededBy Battle of Beaver Dam Creek
relatedTo Battle of Golding’s Farm
result inconclusive
state Virginia
strategicSignificance limited
tacticalOutcome Union lines held
theater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
typeOfAction probing attack
skirmish
year 1862

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Battle of Garnett’s and Golding’s Farm alsoKnownAs Action at Garnett’s Farm
Action at Garnett’s Farm alsoKnownAs Action at Garnett’s and Golding’s Farm
linked to: Action at Garnett’s Farm