Engagement at Oak Grove, Virginia
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- General George B. McClellan attempts to advance his lines forward to bring his siege guns within range of the city of Richmond during The Peninsula Campaign
. As McClellan approaches the capital, Confederate General Benjamin Huger prepares a defensive position and repulses two Union attacks across White Oak Swamp. This engagement on June 25, 1862 sets the stage for Robert E. Lee's seven day counteroffensive, referred to in modern times as The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
.
- This engagement is also referred to as the Battle of Oak Grove/King's School House/French's Field/ "The Orchards"
Union Troops
- 20th Indiana Infantry
- 3rd Maine Infantry
- 4th Maine Infantry
- 1st Massachusetts Infantry
- 7th Massachusetts Infantry
- 10th Massachusetts Infantry
- 11th Massachusetts Infantry
- 16th Massachusetts Infantry
- 19th Massachusetts Infantry
- 20th Massachusetts Infantry
- 2nd Michigan Infantry
- (I) 3rd Michigan Infantry
- 5th Michigan Infantry
- 2nd New Hampshire Infantry
- 2nd New Jersey Light Artillery Battery ("Battery B")
- 5th New Jersey Infantry
- 6th New Jersey Infantry
- 7th New Jersey Infantry
- 8th New Jersey Infantry
- 1st New York Cavalry[1]
- 1st New York Light Artillery / Battery B
- 1st New York Light Artillery / Battery D
- 4th New York (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
- 1st New York Infantry
- 2nd New York Infantry
- 36th New York Infantry
- 37th New York Infantry
- 38th New York Infantry
- 40th New York Infantry
- 70th New York Infantry
- 71st New York Infantry
- 72nd New York Infantry
- 73rd New York Infantry
- 74th New York Infantry
- 87th New York Infantry
- 101st New York Infantry
- 26th Pennsylvania Infantry
- 57th Pennsylvania Infantry
- 63rd Pennsylvania Infantry
- 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry
- 105th Pennsylvania Infantry[2]
- 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery / Battery E
- 2nd Rhode Island Infantry[3]
- 1st United States Artillery / Battery H
- 2nd United States Artillery / Battery G
- 4th United States Artillery / Battery K
Casualties
- Union: 67 killed, 504 wounded, 55 missing = Total 626
Sub-Operations
This engagement is a sub-operation of:
- March 17-September 2, 1862 -
The Peninsula Campaign
- June 25-July 1, 1862 -
The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
- June 25-July 1, 1862 -
Notes
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 617, 626, 638, 887, 890, 902)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Oak_Grove