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A mile north at Eltham Landing on the Pamunkey River, Franklin's division of McClellan's army disembarked on May 6, 1862. The next morning Union troops came in contact with Confederates retiring toward Richmond. Confederate wagon trains were in danger, but Gustavus W. Smith drove Franklin back to the river. The action occurred in this vicinity on May 7, 1862.
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