Gaines' Mill: Longstreet's Assault

June 27, 1862

NPS Historian Bobby Krick talks about the history of the Battle of Gaines' Mill and the portion of the battlefield that the Civil War Trust and its members saved in 2011.

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There are 29 critical acres of battlefield land in Virginia, at Glendale, and at Gaines’ Mill/Cold Harbor that we have the opportunity to save in...

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Hanover County, VA | June 27, 1862
Result: Confederate Victory
Estimated Casualties
15,500
Union
6,800
Confed.
8,700