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On June 27, 1862, Confederate Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson and his troops passed through this intersection after arriving from the Shenandoah Valley. That morning, Jackson's troops united just south of here at Walnut Grove Church with Gen. Robert E. Lee's forces. Later that day, Lee's and Jackson's combined forces successfully assaulted the Union V Corps at the Battle of Gaines's Mill.
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Mechanicsville, Virginia · United States
