June 29, 1862---The Seven Days' Battles: Day Five (The Battle of Golding's Farm) (The Battle of Savage's Station)

JUNE 29, 1862:           

The Seven Days’ Battles (Day Five) --- The Battle of Golding’s Farm.  

---The Battle of Savage’s Station (The Battle of Allen’s Farm).

Having pursued the retreating Yankees from Garnett’s Farm, the Rebels attacked again at Golding’s Farm, again taking heavy losses of 150 + men. Despite the fact that Garnett’s Farm and Golding’s Farm were Union victories, McClellan again accelerated his withdrawal. 

That night he was intercepted near Savage’s Station by Confederate forces attempting to cut off his retreat. 

In the Battle of Savage’s Station  (The Battle of Allen’s Farm),  skirmishing troops in the area had fought all day around Allen’s Farm, but each side avoided a major commitment of forces until late afternoon. The fighting turned into a bloody stalemate as darkness fell and strong thunderstorms began to move in, obscuring the field. 

 The “Land Merrimack,” the world’s first railway gun, bombarded the Union front, with some of its shells reaching as far to the rear as the field hospital. Attempting to hold the flank, Union troops were met with murderous fire. 

Union casualties were over 1,000, and more than 2,500 wounded Union soldiers in the field hospital were ordered to be abandoned as the general retreat began to take on a resemblance to a rout.