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Seven Days Battles

Mechanicsville, Virginia
· Porter’s Withdrawal
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In the early morning of June 27, 1862, Fitz-John Porter withdrew along this road from Beaver Dam Creek after McClellan, having learned late at night that Stonewall Jackson was approaching Porter’s rear, ordered a withdrawal to another position on Boatswain Creek not far from New Cold Harbor.
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