UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Stewart L. Udall, Secretary

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Conrad L. Wirth, Director

HISTORICAL HANDBOOK NUMBER THIRTY-THREE

This publication is one of a series of handbooks describing thehistorical and archeological areas in the National Park Systemadministered by the National Park Service of the United StatesDepartment of the Interior. It is printed by the GovernmentPrinting Office and may be purchased from the Superintendent ofDocuments, Washington 25, D.C. Price 25 cents.

RICHMOND
National Battlefield Park
Virginia

by Joseph P. Cullen

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE HISTORICAL HANDBOOK SERIES NO. 33
Washington, D.C., 1961

The National Park System, of which Richmond NationalBattlefield Park is a unit, is dedicated to conserving thescenic, scientific, and historic heritage of the UnitedStates for the benefit and inspiration of its people.

Contents

Page

Richmond 1

The Army of the Potomac 2

Part One

THE PENINSULA CAMPAIGN, SUMMER 1862

On to Richmond 3

Up the Peninsula 4

Drewry’s Bluff 5

Seven Pines (Fair Oaks) 6

Lee Takes Command 9

The Seven Days Begin 12

Beaver Dam Creek (Ellerson’s Mill) 13

Gaines’ Mill 16

Savage Station 18

Glendale (Frayser’s Farm) 21

Malvern Hill 22

End of Campaign 24

The Years Between 27

Part Two

THE FINAL STRUGGLE FOR RICHMOND, 1864-65

Lincoln’s New Commander 28

Cold Harbor 29

Fort Harrison 37

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