Seven Days' Battles--Gaines's Mill

Seven Days' Battles--Gaines's Mill is a Virginia historical marker in Hanover County, dedicated 1941.

Rte. 718, at intersection with Rte. 156

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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.

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Historical maps covering this location

1869 · Cold Harbor. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1891 · (Virginia, N. Carolina) Railroad Map of the United States. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1894 · Richmond, Virginia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1934 · Seven Pines, Virginia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1938 · Seven Pines, Virginia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Seven Pines, Virginia, 1938, covering the location of Seven Days' Battles--Gaines's Mill, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Seven Pines, Virginia, 1938, covering this location. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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