Engagement at White Oak Swamp Bridge, Virginia

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Engagement at White Oak Swamp Bridge, Virginia - The Battle of White Oak Swamp took place on June 30, 1862 in Henrico County, Virginia as part of the Seven Days Battles (Peninsula Campaign) of the American Civil War. As the Union Army of the Potomac retreated southeast toward the James River, its rearguard under Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin stopped Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's divisions at the White Oak Bridge crossing, resulting in an artillery duel, while the main Battle of Glendale raged two miles (3 km) farther south around Frayser's Farm. White Oak Swamp is generally considered to be part of the larger Glendale engagement. Because of this resistance from Brig. Gen. William B. Franklin's VI Corps, Jackson was prevented from joining the consolidated assault on the Union Army at Glendale that had been ordered by General Robert E. Lee, producing an inconclusive result, but one in which the Union Army avoided destruction and was able to assume a strong defensive position at Malvern Hill.

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  • (656) White Oak Swamp, Va. -- Engm't June 30, 1862[4]
  • (893) June 30 Engagement, White Oak Swamp Bridge
  • (904) June 30 Engagement, White Oak Swamp Bridge. DELAWARE--2d Infantry. MAINE--6th, 7th and 11th Infantry. MASSACHUSETTS--1st Co. Sharpshooters: 15th and 29th Infantry. MINNESOTA--1st Infantry. NEW HAMPSHIRE--5th Infantry. NEW YORK--Batteries "B" and "E" 1st Light Arty.. 1st and 3d Indpt. Batteries Light Arty.: 7th, 20th, 33d, 42d. 49th, 52th. 56th. 57th, 61st, 63d. 64th, 66th. 69th. 77th. 82d. 88th, 100th and 101st Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--5th Cavalry: 49th. 52d, 53d. 81st and 104th Infantry. VERMONT--2d, 3d, 4th. 5th and 6th Infantry. WISCONSIN --5th Infantry. UNITED STATES--Battery "A" and "C" 4th Arty., Battery "Y" 5th Arty.

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Notes

  1. Not originally listed on Dyer summary, but appears on unit home page
  2. Not originally referenced on Dyer but referenced on unit homepage
  3. Not originally referenced on Dyer but referenced on unit homepage
  4. Needs an Operations page, include this reference

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