Retreat from Victory: The Battle of Malvern Hill and the End of the Seven Days, July 1, 1862 (O'Reilly CH) farmhouse Grant had captured one of

Grant had captured one of Lee’s primary supply routes and extended the lines around Petersburg and Richmond to some thirty-five miles

and a Congress studded with towering statesmen

They exerted their influence by censoring the press and the mail

They even affixed their signatures to antislavery petitions

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Retreat from Victory: The Battle of Malvern Hill and the End of the Seven Days, July 1, 1862 (O'Reilly CH) farmhouse Grant had captured one ofby Francis Augustin OReilly The Battle of Malvern Hill on July 1, 1862, marked the climax of the Seven Days Battles around Richmond, Virginia. For the first time since the Civil War began, the full might of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellans Union Army of the Potomac and Gen. Robert E. Lees Confederate Army of Northern Virginia met. The world watched and wondered as this high stakes combat played out on the doorstep of the Confederate capital. McClellans