In the morning of the third day, Confederates positioned at north of Chickahominy pursued the withdrawing Union army. Moreover, he cancelled an attack on south of the Chickahominy even though he outnumbered Lee’s men by a ratio of 2:1. However, McClellan ordered Porter to remain at Boatswain’s Swamp as he prepared a change of base. On arrival of Jackson, McClellan got worried and knew that his line was too vulnerable. Hill’s division pushed on with the attack nevertheless. Unfortunately, Jackson was delayed, but A.P. Hill was to cross the river and march through Mechanicsville and attack Porter. Hill who was followed by 2 army groups led by D. Lee’s plan relied on Jackson’s meeting up with his army on the Chickahominy River and conveying a message to A.P. This resulted to a calm day, since McClellan no longer targeted Old Traven while Lee waited for Jackson. McClellan received the news of Jackson’s approach and immediately ordered Hooker and Kearny to call off any assaults on Old Traven. Lee’s plan called for Confederate General Jackson and his army to march east from the valley to attack Porter in the morning of June 26. This first attack enabled McClellan to gain 600 yards at a cost of more than 1000 casualties on both sides. So after the first attack, he executed his plan whereby, 25,000 Confederates would be at south of Chickahominy, while 65,000 would be placed north of the river to attack Porter. General Lee’s plan was to make McClellan passive. Although the two groups made initial progress, Huger’s division made a stiffening resistance and a side attack which halted them leaving the lines basically unchanged at the end of day one. They came across Confederate General Benjamin Huger’s division near Oak Grove. These groups marched west along Williamsburg Road from Seven Pines. To achieve this, he dispatched 2 groups commanded by Generals Philip Kearny and Joseph Hooker. He wanted the Confederates at the south of Old Traven cleared out before he could secure his left flank. His initial plan was to place siege guns near Old Traven, but he would have to take Old Traven by physical attack. This marked the beginning of the battle, whereby, McClellan made his first move. During this battle, McClellan’s army, which initially consisted of 100,000 men, ended up suffering with almost 16,000 casualties while Lee’s army had over 20,000 casualties. Lee, took to the offensive against the Union Army of the Potomac under the leadership of Major General George B. Here, the army of Northern Virginia under the leadership of General Robert E. The Seven Days Battles, also known as Seven Days Campaign was a sequence of 6 battles, that took place from June 25 to July 1, 1862, along Virginia Peninsula in the American Civil War. Hanover County and Henrico County, Virginia

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