Brigadier General Joseph Johnston halts McClellan's advance…

1862 CE

Brigadier General Joseph Johnston halts McClellan's advance at the Battle of Seven Pines, but he is wounded in the battle, and Robert E. Lee assumes his position of command.

General Lee and top subordinates James Longstreet and Stonewall Jackson defeat McClellan in the Seven Days Battles and force his retreat.

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Abraham Lincoln View → George B. McClellan View → James Longstreet View → Joseph E. Johnston View →

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Virginia, Commonwealth of (U.S.A.) View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Confederate States of America (C.S.A.) View →

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American Civil War (War between the States, War of the Rebellion, War of Secession, War for Southern Independence) View → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War View → Peninsula Campaign View → Jackson's Valley Campaign View → Seven Pines, Battle of View → Seven Days Battles View →

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