Seven Days Battles
Porter’s Withdrawal
Along this road Fitz-John Porter withdrew from Beaver Dam Creek in the early morning of June 27, 1862. McClellan, having learned that Stonewall Jackson was approaching Porter’s rear, late at night ordered the withdrawal to another position. This was on Boatswain Creek, not far from New Cold Harbor.
Marker is at the intersection of Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156) and Bell Creek Road (Virginia Route 1597), on the right when traveling east on Cold Harbor Road.
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