Pennsylvania 42nd Volunteer Infantry, Company F (Union)
6/4/61
Organized - Pennsylvania 42nd Volunteer Infantry, Company F - Pennsylvania
6/26/62
Battle - Mechanicsville - Hanover Couunty, Virginia
Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac remained northeast of Richmond for three weeks after the Battle of Seven Pines. The new commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, Gen. Robert E. Lee, took that time to reorganize his defenses of the capital city and receive the reinforcements of Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's division from the Shenandoah Valley. After attacking Lee inconclusively at Oak Grove on June 25th, McClellan remained in place, with four of his five army corps south of…READ MORE