Seven Days' Battles - Gaines's Mill
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N 37° 34.977 W 077° 17.484
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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: WM7TZZ
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 12/04/2009
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"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."