The Battle of Seven Pines (also known as the Battle of Fair Oaks or Fair Oaks Station) took place on May 31 and June 1, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. It was the culmination of an offensive up the Virginia Peninsula led by Union Major General George McClellan, in which the Army of the Potomac reached the outskirts of Richmond. This image depicts a dramatic moment in the Battle of Fair Oaks on May 31, 1862, when the 104th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry regimental flag was saved from the advancing Confederates by Hiram Pursell.

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