Seven Days’ Retreat

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Seven Days’ Retreat was the Confederate army’s strategic withdrawal during the 1862 Seven Days Battles of the American Civil War, in which Robert E. Lee’s forces drove the Union Army away from Richmond.

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instanceOf Confederate military operation
military retreat
alsoKnownAs Confederate retreat from the Chickahominy
belligerent Confederate States Army
campaign Peninsula Campaign
commander Robert E. Lee
conflict American Civil War
country Confederate States of America
date June–July 1862
effect ended immediate Union threat to Richmond in 1862
historicalPeriod American Civil War, 1862 campaigns
location Virginia
vicinity of Richmond, Virginia
militaryTactic offensive operations covering a strategic withdrawal
opposedBy Union Army of the Potomac
linked to: Army of the Potomac
opposingCommander George B. McClellan
linked to: George McClellan
outcome Confederate strategic success
Union operational withdrawal
partOf Seven Days Battles
precededBy Union Peninsula Campaign
relatedBattle Battle of Gaines’s Mill
Battle of Glendale
Battle of Malvern Hill
Battle of Mechanicsville
Battle of Savage’s Station
result Union Army driven away from Richmond
side Confederate States
strategicObjective force Union withdrawal from Richmond’s outskirts
protect Richmond, Virginia
theater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War

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Battle of Savage’s Station associatedWith Seven Days’ Retreat