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419:'s army positioned along Beaver Dam Creek, just east of Mechanicsville. Union forces repulsed the Confederate attacks and afterward withdrew to a new position along Boatswain Creek near Gaines' Mill. The Beaver Dam Creek engagement was the second in the series of Civil War battles known as the
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469:. This was fought over the same ground as the Battle of Gaines' Mill. The area identified as part of the battlefield for "Second Cold Harbor" stretches from near the intersection of Walnut Grove Road and Mechanicsville Turnpike to "Turkey Hill" near the Rt. 156 crossing of the
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825:Matt Taylor
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405:Confederate
369:Oakley Hill
361:Locust Hill
306:2010 census
302:2020 census
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1597:Categories
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1442:Poe Museum
1235:Old Church
1230:Negro Foot
1225:Montpelier
1019:2023-04-05
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880:2011-04-23
856:References
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809:Sam Rogers
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737:YouTuber
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268:51-50856
129:Virginia
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1547:Henrico
1542:Hanover
1369:Economy
1349:Culture
1332:History
1245:Studley
1210:Doswell
1170:Hanover
1140:Ashland
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684:, 1.6%
680:, 0.2%
676:, 8.9%
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279:2389467
141:Hanover
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1562:Louisa
1507:Amelia
1384:Retail
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635:36,348
620:30,464
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