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U. S. CIVIL WAR
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GLENDALE MARKERS
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SEVEN DAYS BATTLES
GLENDALE (FRAYSER'S FARM)
The possession of this, the Quaker
Road, on June 30, 1862, saved McClellan's
Army from destruction. The Confed-
erates, coming from the west, sought
to seize the road and block the
Union withdrawal to James River.
While Longstreet was fighting a
rearguard battle at Glendale, the
Union wagon trains and artillery
passed along this road and another
road two miles east.
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Glendale Marker - 1999
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SEVEN DAYS BATTLES
GLENDALE (FRAYSER'S FARM)
Willis Church Road runs from here to Malvern
Hill. A large part of Union Gen. George B.
McClellan's Army of the Potomac followed this
road south toward the James River, four miles
ahead, near the end of the Seven Days' Battles
in 1862. On 30 June, at the Battle of Glendale/
Frayser's Farm, seven Union Infantry divisions
stretched across a wide arc north and west of
here to keep this road open. Although Confederate
infantrymen pushed to within sight of the critical
road, they could not sever it. The Union army
retreated on this and parallel roads to Malvern
Hill during the night.
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Glendale Marker - 2005
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