Battle of Charles City Cross Roads

Battle of Glendale

Monday's fight. The battle of Charles City road.
Alfred R. Waud, artist, June 30, 1862

Date	June 30, 1862 (1862-06-30)
Location	Henrico County, Virginia 37°26′16″N 77°14′17″W / 37.43791°N 77.23812°W / 37.43791; -77.23812Coordinates: 37°26′16″N 77°14′17″W / 37.43791°N 77.23812°W / 37.43791; -77.23812
Result	Inconclusive

Belligerents

United States (Union)

Confederate States (Confederacy)

Commanders and leaders

George B. McClellan

Robert E. Lee

Units involved

Army of the Potomac

Army of Northern Virginia

Strength

40,000

45,000

Casualties and losses

3,797 total
(297 killed
1,696 wounded
1,804 missing or captured)

3,673 total
(638 killed
2,814 wounded
221 missing)

The Battle of Glendale, also known as the Battle of Frayser's Farm, Frazier's Farm, Nelson's Farm, Charles City Crossroads, New Market Road, or Riddell's Shop, took place on June 30, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia, on the sixth day of the Seven Days Battles (Peninsula Campaign) of the American Civil War.

The Confederate divisions of Maj. Gens. Benjamin Huger, James Longstreet, and A.P. Hill converged on the retreating Union Army in the vicinity of Glendale or Frayser's Farm. Longstreet's and Hill's attacks penetrated the Union defense near Willis Church. Union counterattacks sealed the break and saved their line of retreat along the Willis Church Road. Huger's advance was stopped on the Charles City Road. The divisions led by Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson were delayed by Brig. Gen. William B. Franklin's corps at White Oak Swamp. Confederate Maj. Gen. Theophilus H. Holmes made a feeble attempt to attack the Union left flank at Turkey Bridge but was driven back. This had been Lee's best chance to cut off the Union army from the James River. That night, the Union army established a strong position on Malvern Hill.

The Seven Days Battles began with a Union attack in the minor Battle of Oak Grove on June 25, 1862, but McClellan quickly lost the initiative as Lee began a series of attacks at Beaver Dam Creek (Mechanicsville) on June 26, Gaines's Mill on June 27, the minor actions at Garnett's and Golding's Farm on June 27 and June 28, and the attack on the Union rear guard at Savage's Station on June 29. McClellan's Army of the Potomac continued its retreat toward the safety of Harrison's Landing on the James River.

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