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American Civil War: The Battle of Malvern Hill takes place. It is the last of the Seven Days Battles, part of George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign.
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American Civil War
1861–1865 conflict in the United States
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union. The central conflict leading to war was a dispute over whether slavery should be permitted to expand into the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Battle of Malvern Hill
1862 battle in the American Civil War
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US civil war battles in 1862
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George B. McClellan
American major general (1826–1885)
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Peninsula campaign
1862 Union offensive in southeast Virginia during the American Civil War
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