Battle of Beaver Dam Creek, the Glossary

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1. 66 relations: A. P. Hill, American Battlefield Trust, American Civil War, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Battle of Gaines' Mill, Battle of Oak Grove, Battle of Seven Pines, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Belle Isle (Richmond, Virginia), Benjamin Huger (general), Brigadier general (United States), Castle Thunder (prison), Charles Sidney Winder, Charles W. Field, Chickahominy River, Confederate States Army, Confederate States of America, Daniel Harvey Hill, David J. Eicher, Demonstration (military), Fitz John Porter, General officers in the Confederate States Army, George A. McCall, George B. McClellan, George Meade, George Sykes, George W. Morell, Hanover County, Virginia, J. E. B. Stuart, Jackson's Valley campaign, James J. Archer, James Longstreet, James River, John B. Magruder, John F. Reynolds, Lawrence O'Bryan Branch, List of American Civil War battles, List of costliest American Civil War land battles, List of Virginia Civil War units, Major general (United States), Maxcy Gregg, Mechanicsville, Virginia, Peninsula campaign, Richard S. Ewell, Richmond and York River Railroad, Richmond in the American Civil War, Richmond, Virginia, Robert E. Lee, Roswell S. Ripley, ... Expand index (16 more) »

2. 1862 in Virginia
3. Hanover County in the American Civil War
4. June 1862 events
5. Peninsula campaign

A. P. Hill

Ambrose Powell Hill Jr. (November 9, 1825April 2, 1865) was a Confederate general who was killed in the American Civil War.

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American Battlefield Trust

The American Battlefield Trust is a charitable organization (501(c)(3)) whose primary focus is in the preservation of battlefields of the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and the American Civil War, through the acquisition of battlefield land.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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Army of Northern Virginia

The Army of Northern Virginia was the primary military force of the Confederate States of America in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.

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Army of the Potomac

The Army of the Potomac was the primary field army of the Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.

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Battle of Gaines' Mill

The Battle of Gaines' Mill, sometimes known as the Battle of Chickahominy River, took place on June 27, 1862, in Hanover County, Virginia, as the third of the Seven Days Battles which together decided the outcome of the Union's Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. Battle of Beaver Dam Creek and Battle of Gaines' Mill are 1862 in Virginia, 1862 in the American Civil War, battles of the American Civil War in Virginia, battles of the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, Hanover County in the American Civil War, June 1862 events and Peninsula campaign.

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Battle of Oak Grove

The Battle of Oak Grove, also known as the Battle of French's Field or King's School House, took place on June 25, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia, the first of the Seven Days Battles (Peninsula Campaign) of the American Civil War. Battle of Beaver Dam Creek and Battle of Oak Grove are 1862 in Virginia, 1862 in the American Civil War, battles of the American Civil War in Virginia, battles of the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, June 1862 events and Peninsula campaign.

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Battle of Seven Pines

The Battle of Seven Pines, also known as the Battle of Fair Oaks or Fair Oaks Station, took place on May 31 and June 1, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. Battle of Beaver Dam Creek and Battle of Seven Pines are 1862 in Virginia, 1862 in the American Civil War, battles of the American Civil War in Virginia, battles of the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, June 1862 events and Peninsula campaign.

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Bedford County, Pennsylvania

Bedford County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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Belle Isle (Richmond, Virginia)

Belle Isle is a island in the city of Richmond, Virginia on the James River, and is part of the James River Park System.

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Benjamin Huger (general)

Benjamin Huger (November 22, 1805 – December 7, 1877) was a regular officer in the United States Army, who served with distinction as chief of ordnance in the Mexican–American War and in the American Civil War, as a Confederate general.

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Brigadier general (United States)

In the United States Armed Forces, a brigadier general is a one-star general officer in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force.

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Castle Thunder (prison)

Castle Thunder, located between what is now 17th Street and 18th Street on northern side of E Cary Street in Richmond, Virginia, was a former tobacco warehouse, located on Tobacco Row, converted into a prison used by the Confederacy to house civilian prisoners, including captured Union spies, political prisoners and those charged with treason during the American Civil War.

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Charles Sidney Winder

Charles Sidney Winder (October 18, 1829 – August 9, 1862), was a career United States Army officer and a Confederate general officer in the American Civil War.

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Charles W. Field

Charles William Field (April 6, 1828 – April 9, 1892) was a career military officer, serving in the United States Army and then, during the American Civil War, in the Confederate States Army.

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Chickahominy River

The Chickahominy is an U.S. Geological Survey.

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Confederate States Army

The Confederate States Army, also called the Confederate Army or the Southern Army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fighting against the United States forces to win the independence of the Southern states and uphold and expand the institution of slavery.

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Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America (CSA), commonly referred to as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States that existed from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865.

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Daniel Harvey Hill

Daniel Harvey Hill (July 12, 1821 – September 24, 1889), commonly known as D. H. Hill, was a Confederate general who commanded infantry in the eastern and western theaters of the American Civil War.

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David J. Eicher

David John Eicher (born August 7, 1961) is an American editor, writer, and popularizer of astronomy and space.

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Demonstration (military)

In military terminology, a demonstration is an attack or show of force on a front where a decision is not sought, made with the aim of deceiving the enemy.

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Fitz John Porter

Fitz John Porter (August 31, 1822 – May 21, 1901) (sometimes written FitzJohn Porter or Fitz-John Porter) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general during the American Civil War.

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General officers in the Confederate States Army

The general officers of the Confederate States Army (CSA) were the senior military leaders of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War of 1861–1865.

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George A. McCall

George Archibald McCall (March 16, 1802 – February 25, 1868) was a United States Army officer who became a brigadier general and prisoner of war during the American Civil War.

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George B. McClellan

George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826 – October 29, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 24th governor of New Jersey and as Commanding General of the United States Army from November 1861 to March 1862.

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George Meade

George Gordon Meade (December 31, 1815 – November 6, 1872) was a United States Army Major General who commanded the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War from 1863 to 1865.

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George Sykes

George Sykes (October 9, 1822 – February 8, 1880) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general during the American Civil War.

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George W. Morell

George Webb Morell (January 8, 1815 – February 11, 1883) was a civil engineer, lawyer, farmer, and a Union general in the American Civil War.

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Hanover County, Virginia

Hanover County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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J. E. B. Stuart

James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart (February 6, 1833May 12, 1864) was a Confederate army general and cavalry officer during the American Civil War.

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Jackson's Valley campaign

Jackson's Valley campaign, also known as the Shenandoah Valley campaign of 1862, was Confederate Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's spring 1862 campaign through the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia during the American Civil War. Battle of Beaver Dam Creek and Jackson's Valley campaign are 1862 in Virginia and 1862 in the American Civil War.

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James J. Archer

James Jay Archer (December 19, 1817 – October 26, 1864) was a lawyer and an officer in the United States Army during the Mexican–American War.

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James Longstreet

James Longstreet (January 8, 1821January 2, 1904) was a Confederate general who served during the American Civil War and was the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse".

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James River

The James River is a river in Virginia that begins in the Appalachian Mountains and flows from the confluence of the Cowpasture and Jackson Rivers in Botetourt County U.S. Geological Survey.

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John B. Magruder

John Bankhead Magruder (May 1, 1807 – February 18, 1871) often referred to as "Prince John Magruder", was an American and Confederate military officer.

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John F. Reynolds

John Fulton Reynolds (September 21, 1820 – July 1, 1863)Eicher, pp.

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Lawrence O'Bryan Branch

Lawrence O'Bryan Branch (November 28, 1820 – September 17, 1862) was a North Carolina representative in the U.S. Congress and a Confederate brigadier general in the American Civil War, killed at the Battle of Antietam.

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List of American Civil War battles

Battles of the American Civil War were fought between April 12, 1861, and May 12–13, 1865 in 19 states, mostly Confederate (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia), the District of Columbia, and six territories (Arizona Territory (also Confederate Arizona), Colorado Territory, Dakota Territory, Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma), New Mexico Territory, and Washington Territory), as well as naval engagements.

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List of costliest American Civil War land battles

This is a list of the costliest land battles of the American Civil War, measured by casualties (killed, wounded, captured, and missing) on both sides.

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List of Virginia Civil War units

Virginia provided the following units to the Virginia Militia and the Provisional Army of the Confederate States (PACS), part of the Confederate States Army, during the American Civil War.

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Major general (United States)

In the United States Armed Forces, a major general is a two-star general officer in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force.

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Maxcy Gregg

Maxcy Gregg (August 1, 1814 – December 15, 1862) was a lawyer, soldier in the United States Army during the Mexican–American War, and a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg and died two days later.

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Mechanicsville, Virginia

Mechanicsville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hanover County, Virginia, United States.

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Peninsula campaign

The Peninsula campaign (also known as the Peninsular campaign) of the American Civil War was a major Union operation launched in southeastern Virginia from March to July 1862, the first large-scale offensive in the Eastern Theater.

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Richard S. Ewell

Richard Stoddert Ewell (February 8, 1817 – January 25, 1872) was an American military officer and a Confederate general during the American Civil War.

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Richmond and York River Railroad

The Richmond and York River Railroad Company was incorporated under an act of the Virginia General Assembly on January 31, 1853.

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Richmond in the American Civil War

Richmond, Virginia, served as the capital of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War from May 8, 1861, before that date the capital had been Montgomery, Alabama.

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Richmond, Virginia

Richmond is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Robert E. Lee

Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, toward the end of which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army.

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Roswell S. Ripley

Roswell Sabine Ripley (March 14, 1823 – March 29, 1887) was an officer in the United States Army during the Mexican–American War, a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War.

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Seven Days Battles

The Seven Days Battles were a series of seven battles over seven days from June 25 to July 1, 1862, near Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War. Battle of Beaver Dam Creek and seven Days Battles are battles of the American Civil War in Virginia, Hanover County in the American Civil War, June 1862 events and Peninsula campaign.

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Shenandoah Valley

The Shenandoah Valley is a geographic valley and cultural region of western Virginia and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia in the United States.

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Stephen W. Sears

Stephen Ward Sears (born July 27, 1932) is an American historian specializing in the American Civil War.

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Stonewall Jackson

Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (January 21, 1824 – May 10, 1863) was a Confederate general and military officer who served during the American Civil War.

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Troop engagements of the American Civil War, 1862

The following is a list of engagements that took place in 1862 during the American Civil War.

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Truman Seymour

Truman Seymour (September 24, 1824 – October 30, 1891) was a career soldier and an accomplished painter.

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Turning movement

In military tactics, a turning movement is a form of maneuver in which the attacking force seeks to avoid the enemy's principal defensive positions by seizing objectives behind the enemy's current positions, thereby causing the enemy force to move out of their current positions or divert major forces to meet the threat.

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Union (American Civil War)

The Union, colloquially known as the North, refers to the states that remained loyal to the United States after eleven Southern slave states seceded to form the Confederate States of America (CSA), also known as the Confederacy or South, during the American Civil War.

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Union Army

During the American Civil War, the United States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the collective Union of the states, was often referred to as the Union Army, the Grand Army of the Republic, the Federal Army, or the Northern Army.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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V Corps (Union Army)

The V Corps (Fifth Corps) was a unit of the Union Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War.

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Virginia

Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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Virginia in the American Civil War

The American state of Virginia became a prominent part of the Confederacy when it joined during the American Civil War.

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William Dorsey Pender

William Dorsey Pender (February 6, 1834 – July 18, 1863) was a general in the Confederacy in the American Civil War serving as a brigade and divisional commander.

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William H. C. Whiting

William Henry Chase Whiting (March 22, 1824 – March 10, 1865) was a United States Army officer who resigned after 16 years of service in the Army Corps of Engineers to serve in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

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8th Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment

The 8th Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment, also known as the 37th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment, was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army as part of the Pennsylvania Reserves infantry division during the American Civil War.

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See also

1862 in Virginia

• Battle of Beaver Dam Creek
• Battle of Cedar Mountain
• Battle of Chantilly
• Battle of Charleston (1862)
• Battle of Cockpit Point
• Battle of Cross Keys
• Battle of Drewry's Bluff
• Battle of Eltham's Landing
• Battle of Fredericksburg
• Battle of Front Royal
• Battle of Gaines' Mill
• Battle of Garnett's & Golding's Farms
• Battle of Glendale
• Battle of Good's Farm
• Battle of Hampton Roads
• Battle of Hancock
• Battle of Harpers Ferry
• Battle of Malvern Hill
• Battle of McDowell
• Battle of Mile Hill
• Battle of Oak Grove
• Battle of Port Republic
• Battle of Princeton Court House
• Battle of Savage's Station
• Battle of Seven Pines
• Battle of Shepherdstown
• Battle of Thoroughfare Gap
• Battle of White Oak Swamp
• Battle of Williamsburg
• Battle of the Cumberland Gap (1862)
• Crook's 1862 Expedition
• Fight at Waterford
• First Battle of Kernstown
• First Battle of Rappahannock Station
• First Battle of Winchester
• Jackson's Valley campaign
• Joint Expedition Against Franklin
• Manassas Station Operations
• Romney Expedition
• Second Battle of Bull Run
• Siege of Yorktown (1862)

Hanover County in the American Civil War

• Battle of Beaver Dam Creek
• Battle of Cold Harbor
• Battle of Gaines' Mill
• Battle of Hanover Court House
• Battle of Haw's Shop
• Battle of North Anna
• Battle of Old Church
• Battle of Totopotomoy Creek
• Seven Days Battles
• Skirmish at Aenon Church

June 1862 events

• 1862 Oregon gubernatorial election
• Battle of Beaver Dam Creek
• Battle of Cerro del Borrego
• Battle of Cross Keys
• Battle of Gaines' Mill
• Battle of Garnett's & Golding's Farms
• Battle of Glendale
• Battle of Good's Farm
• Battle of Guanzhong (1861)
• Battle of Oak Grove
• Battle of Port Republic
• Battle of Savage's Station
• Battle of Secessionville
• Battle of Seven Pines
• Battle of Simmon's Bluff
• Battle of St. Charles
• Battle of Tampa
• Battle of Tranter's Creek
• Battle of White Oak Swamp
• Battle of the Cumberland Gap (1862)
• First Battle of Chattanooga
• First Battle of Memphis
• London 1862 chess tournament
• London Protocol (1862)
• Seven Days Battles
• Čukur Fountain incident

Peninsula campaign

• Battle of Beaver Dam Creek
• Battle of Drewry's Bluff
• Battle of Eltham's Landing
• Battle of Gaines' Mill
• Battle of Garnett's & Golding's Farms
• Battle of Glendale
• Battle of Hampton Roads
• Battle of Hanover Court House
• Battle of Malvern Hill
• Battle of Oak Grove
• Battle of Savage's Station
• Battle of Seven Pines
• Battle of White Oak Swamp
• Battle of Williamsburg
• Peninsula campaign
• Peninsula campaign order of battle: Union
• Seven Days Battles
• Siege of Yorktown (1862)

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Beaver_Dam_Creek

Also known as Battle of Ellerson's Mill, Battle of Mechanicsville, Ellerson's Mill.

, Seven Days Battles, Shenandoah Valley, Stephen W. Sears, Stonewall Jackson, Troop engagements of the American Civil War, 1862, Truman Seymour, Turning movement, Union (American Civil War), Union Army, United States, V Corps (Union Army), Virginia, Virginia in the American Civil War, William Dorsey Pender, William H. C. Whiting, 8th Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment.