Beaver Dam Creek - Mechanicsville, VA
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N 37° 35.782 W 077° 21.553
18S E 291721 N 4163649
Placed by the Battlefield Markers Association, marker #3 describes the Confederate defeat on the banks of Beaver Dam Creek.
Waymark Code: WM80HJ
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 01/03/2010
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The intricate plan conceived by Gen. Robert E. Lee at the beginning of the Seven Days Battles fell apart due to poor communication between his subordinates. Despite the victory by Union troops and heavy Confederate casualties, Gen. George B. McClellan withdrew his forces and retreated east to Gaines' Mill.
Beaver Dam Creek
Confederate troops pursuing Federals retreating eastward from Mechanicsville here came under heavy fire from across Beaver Dam Creek and were halted with loss in the late afternoon of June 26, 1862.
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About the Battlefield Markers (Source: National Park Service):
This is one in a series of 61 markers erected beginning in 1925 to identify the battlefields around Richmond. The tablets were the work of the Battlefield Markers Association, a group of historians committed to commemorating the Richmond battlefields. Most prominent among the association's members was Dr. Douglas Southall Freeman, the eminent biographer of George Washington and Robert E. Lee. The work of Dr. Freeman and the Association ultimately led to the purchase of battlefield lands and the establishment of Richmond National Battlefield Park in 1936.
Group that erected the marker: Battlefield Markers Association
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
7423 Cold Harbor Road
Richmond Nat'l Battlefield Park - Beaver Dam Creek Unit
Mechanicsville, VA USA
23111
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