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Seven Days ' Battles

Hanover County · 2 mile northeast of Mechanicsville. · location approximate

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Here the Confederates attacked the force holding McClellan's fortified position on the east bank of Beaver Dam Creek, June 26, 1862.

1948 text, presented as a historical document.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)

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