• The Seven Days' Battle consisted of six battles from June 25 to July 1, 1862, along the Virginia Peninsula.

• The Union Army of the Potomac, under the command of General George McClellan, tried to capture the capital of the Confederacy, Richmond, Virginia.

• The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, under the leadership of General Robert E. Lee, attacked the Union army in defense of the capital.

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