battle of glendale

The Battle of Glendale, also known as the Battle of Nelsons Farm, Fraysers Farm, Charles City Crossroads, White Oak Swamp, New Market Road, or Riddell's Shop, took place on June 30, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. Glendale was the fifth of the Seven Days Battles. On June 30, Benjamin Hugers, James Longstreets, and A.P. Hills divisions converged on the retreating Union army in the vicinity of Fraysers Farm near Glendale. Their attacks penetrated the Union defense near Willis Church, routing George A. McCalls division. McCall was captured. Union counterattacks by Joseph Hookers and Philip Kearnys divisions sealed the break and saved their line of retreat along the Willis Church Road. Hugers advance was stopped on the Charles City Road. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jacksons divisions were delayed by William B. Franklin at White Oak Swamp. Confederate Maj. Gen. Theophilus H. Holmes made a feeble attempt to turn the Union left flank at Turkey Bridge, but was driven back by Federal gunboats in the James River. Union generals George G. Meade and Edwin V. Sumner and Confederate generals Richard H. Anderson, Dorsey Pender, and Winfield S. Featherston were wounded. Lees best chance to cut off the Union army from the James River had failed; that night, McClellan established a strong position on Malvern Hill.

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