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  conflict The Seven Days Battles
  caption ''McClellan and Lee of the Seven Days''
  partof the American Civil War
  date June 25 &ndash July 1 , 1862
  place Henrico County, Virginia
  result Confederate victory
  combatant1 United States Of America
  combatant2 Confederate States Of America
  commander1 George B McClellan
  commander2 Robert E Lee
  strength1 104,100Sears, p 195: on June 26 , Porter's corps had 28,100 south of the Chickahominy River, the other four corps had 76,000
  strength2 92,000Sears, p 195: on June 26 , Magruder and Huger had 28,900 south of the Chickahominy Longstreet, AP Hill, DH Hill, Jackson, and part of Stuart's cavalry brigade, 55,800 Holmes in reserve, 7,300
  casualties1 15,855 (1,734 killed, 8,066 wounded, 6,055 missing/captured)Sears, p 345
  casualties2 20,204 (3,494 killed, 15,758 wounded, 952 missing/captured)Sears, p 343




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  quote It wasn't war it was murder
  source Major General DH Hill