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American Civil WarSoldiers
20th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
GAINES' MILL, VA
June 27, 1862
The battle of Gaines'
mill on this date was part of the Seven Days' Battles in the
Peninsular campaign. Porter's corps held the whole
Confederate army at bay until McClellan could make his
dispositions for the withdrawal to the James river.
(See Seven
Days' Battles)
[Source: The Union Army, vol. 5]
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