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Two Civil War maps...
Item # 701617
June 28, 1862
NEW YORK TIMES, June 28, 1862
* Battle of Oak Grove
* 1st Seven Days Battles
* American Civil War map
The front page features a rather large & detailed map headed: "The Scene Of The Battle Before Richmond On Wednesday" which makes the issue very displayable. There are also column heads on the war: "From Gen. McClellan's Army" "The Second Struggle on the Field of the Seven Pine" "A Full Account of the Fighting of Wednesday..." "A Series of Brilliant Skirmishes" "Indomitable & Successful Bravery of Our Troops" and more.
The back page has a nice map showing: "The Engagement On James Island, Near Charleston, S.C." with related one column heads.
Eight pages, very nice condition.
AI notes: The Battle of Oak Grove, fought on June 25, 1862, was the opening engagement of Union General George B. McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign during the American Civil War. Taking place just north of Richmond, Virginia, near the Oak Grove plantation along the Richmond and York River Railroad, the battle was a relatively small but strategically significant attempt by McClellan to extend the Union lines closer to the Confederate capital. Union forces launched a frontal attack against entrenched Confederate positions under General John B. Magruder, aiming to secure high ground and improve the army’s supply lines. The fighting was intense but inconclusive, with neither side achieving a decisive victory, though the Union forces managed a slight advance of their lines. Casualties were moderate, with roughly 500 Union and 600 Confederate soldiers killed or wounded. The battle set the tone for the prolonged and cautious maneuvers that would characterize the early stages of the Peninsula Campaign.
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