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 | | Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. also called Battle of Fair Oaks (May 31June 1, 1862), in the American Civil War, two-day battle in the Peninsular Campaign, in which Confederate attacks were repulsed, fought 6 miles (10 km) east of the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia. |
 | | The Union Army of the Potomac was commanded by Major General George B. McClellan and the Confederates by General Joseph E. Johnston, who was severely wounded in the first day of fighting. |
 | | Two battles in the fall of 1777 that marked the turning point for the Continental Army in the American Revolution were the Battles of Saratoga. |
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