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During which battle did Longstreet help drive the Union away from Richmond?

  • Seven Days Battles

  • Battle of Cold Harbor

  • Battle of Manassas

  • Peninsula Campaign

Answer

The Seven Days Battles were a series of battles fought from June 25 to July 1, 1862, in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. Confederate General Robert E. Lee launched a series of attacks against the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Major General George B. McClellan, in an attempt to drive them away from Richmond, Virginia, the Confederate capital.
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