Seven Days' Battles - Gaines's Mill - Hanover County VA
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Don.Morfe
N 37° 34.977 W 077° 17.484
18S E 297673 N 4162012
The Battle of Gaines' Mill is also referred to the First Battle of Cold Harbor. Lee's first victory of the Civil War would have been more substantial if Stonewall Jackson had arrived on schedule.
Waymark Code: WM19HQ5
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 03/03/2024
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TEXT ON VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MARKER PA 20
Seven Days' Battles - Gaines's Mill
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 position on Boatswain Creek. There A. P. Hill and Longstreet, moving eastward, and Jackson coming from the north converged to attack Unionists.
Date Installed or Dedicated: 01/01/1941
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Virginia Conservation Commission
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate
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