June 26, 1862---The Seven Days' Battles: Day Two (The Battle of Beaver Dam Creek)

JUNE 26, 1862:           

The Seven Days’ Battles  (Day Two)---The Battle of Beaver Dam Creek (The Battle of Mechanicsville; The Battle of Ellerson's Mill):              

Robert E. Lee went on the offensive, attempting to turn the Union right flank north of the Chickahominy River. The battle quickly degenerated into a series of futile Confederate assaults against the Union forces which occupied defensive works behind Beaver Dam Creek. Confederate attacks were driven back with heavy casualties. The Union lost 361 men, the Confederacy 1,500.  Despite the fact that the battle was a Confederate debacle, McClellan began to pull back his lines.