Seven Pines Bloodbath: Johnston Falls, Lee Takes Command
Confederate forces under Joseph E. Johnston attacked McClellan's Army of the Potomac at Seven Pines, just five miles from Richmond, in a chaotic two-day battle that cost 11,000 casualties on both sides. Johnston's wounding during the fight led Jefferson Davis to appoint Robert E. Lee as his replacement, a command change that transformed the Confederate war effort for the next three years.
May 31, 1862
164 years ago
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American Civil War
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Joseph E. Johnston
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Peninsula Campaign
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Battle of Seven Pines
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Gustavus Woodson Smith
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George B. McClellan
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American Civil War
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Peninsula campaign
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Joseph E. Johnston
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Gustavus Woodson Smith
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Battle of Seven Pines
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George B. McClellan
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Richmond, Virginia
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