Glendale/White Oak Swamp VA020
1862-06-30 to 1862-06-30 · VA · Peninsula Campaign [March-July 1862] · frozen result: Inconclusive · NPS summary (as listed)
Glendale - This is the fifth of the Seven Days' Battles. On June 30, Huger's, Longstreet's, and A.P. Hill's divisions converged on the retreating Union army in the vicinity of Glendale or Frayser's Farm. Longstreet's and Hill's attacks penetrated the Union defense near Willis Church, routing McCall's division. McCall was captured. Union counterattacks by Hooker's and Kearny's divisions sealed the break and saved their line of retreat along the Willis Church Road. Huger's advance was stopped on the Charles City Road. "Stonewall" Jackson's divisions were delayed by Franklin at White Oak Swamp. Confederate Maj. Gen. T.H. Holmes made a feeble attempt to turn the Union left flank at Turkey Bridge but was driven back by Federal gunboats in James River. Union generals Meade and Sumner and Confederate generals Anderson, Pender, and Featherston were wounded. This was Lee's best chance to cut off the Union army from the James River. That night, McClellan established a strong position on Malvern Hill. White Oak Swamp - The Union rearguard under Maj. Gen. William Franklin stopped Jackson's divisions at the White Oak Bridge crossing, resulting in an artillery duel, while the main battle raged two miles farther south at Glendale or Frayser's Farm.
Dossier claims
Draft dossier, revision . Claims are extraction records with their quoted passages, not historical adjudication. JSON
information
unknownunresolved
No original reconnaissance, order or message chain was inspected to establish the commanders’ contemporary knowledge. Retrospective explanations of beliefs, surprise or missed opportunities are not independently verified information states.
logistics
supportedpost_outcome Webb says the bridge was rebuilt after the Union troops retired, after which Jackson pursued.
Crossing and pursuit logistics; not a measure of opening supply or proof of the cause of the whole campaign result.
After our troops retired, the bridge was rebuilt, and Jackson pressed on in pursuit.webb-peninsula-selections-v1, p.143 (OCR page markers; not checked against print) · snapshot
3be92161e849…objectives
supportedunresolved The frozen descriptions place Franklin’s rearguard at the White Oak crossing and the main fighting farther south at Glendale during the Union retreat.
Protecting or attacking a withdrawal route supplies operational context, not a fully inspected original mission. Maintain the overlapping record scopes.
The Union rearguard under Maj. Gen. William Franklin stopped Jackson's divisions at the White Oak Bridge crossingarnold-cwsac-battles, battle VA020A; column description · snapshot
952b5d08402a…while the main battle raged two miles farther south at Glendale or Frayser's Farm.arnold-cwsac-battles, battle VA020A; column description · snapshot
952b5d08402a…outcome
supportedpost_outcome The frozen table retains VA020 Glendale/White Oak Swamp together with VA020A White Oak Swamp and VA020B Glendale. VA020A explicitly says it can be considered part of Glendale.
Preserve all three rows for cohort coverage, not three independent opportunities or additive casualties. VA020 currently fails the decisive-outcome and numerical-strength rules, not an aggregate-operation flag. This overlap remains a separate constraint for future admission; this pass changes no grain rules or model rows.
Glendale - This is the fifth of the Seven Days' Battles.arnold-cwsac-battles, battle VA020; column description · snapshot
952b5d08402a…White Oak Swamp - The Union rearguardarnold-cwsac-battles, battle VA020; column description · snapshot
952b5d08402a…White Oak Swamp can be considered part of the Glendale engagement.arnold-cwsac-battles, battle VA020A; column description · snapshot
952b5d08402a…supportedpost_outcome The frozen result remains Inconclusive.
Retain the frozen outcome and engagement interval. A tactical result, later retreat, success at a local sector and campaign contribution are different measures. No causal effect, half-win or extra independent victory is inferred.
supportedpost_outcome The frozen casualty text reads 7000 total.
Preserve source versions and population boundaries. No original return was inspected to reconcile totals, categories, missing side breakdowns or reporting cutoffs. A zero display is not no losses; casualties and captured hospital populations are not opening strength. Do not add overlapping battle/component totals.
responsibility
supportedunresolved The frozen record assigns the White Oak encounter to Franklin and Jackson; the Glendale description assigns penetrating attacks to Longstreet and A. P. Hill and counterattacks to Hooker and Kearny.
These are related sectors with different immediate commands. The presence of Lee or McClellan in a principal list is not sole or equal credit for each sector.
under Maj. Gen. William Franklin stopped Jackson's divisionsarnold-cwsac-battles, battle VA020A; column description · snapshot
952b5d08402a…Longstreet's and Hill's attacks penetrated the Union defensearnold-cwsac-battles, battle VA020B; column description · snapshot
952b5d08402a…Union counterattacks by Hooker's and Kearny's divisions sealed the breakarnold-cwsac-battles, battle VA020B; column description · snapshot
952b5d08402a…strength
unknownunresolved
No inspected return establishes matched personnel at a common opening boundary. The frozen side-specific numerical bounds are blank; zero displays, vessel lists, combined army totals and later casualties cannot fill them.
terrain
supportedunresolved Webb describes the destroyed bridge over the White Oak marsh and creek and the Union position across the Long Bridge road near its junction with the Charles City road.
Related June 30 positions, not interchangeable battle boundaries. The combined record and two components overlap; no independent terrain scores or battle weights are assigned.
the destruction of the bridge over the marsh and creekwebb-peninsula-selections-v1, pp.142–143 (OCR page markers; not checked against print) · snapshot
3be92161e849…strongly posted across the Long Bridge road, about a mile from its intersection with the Charles City roadwebb-peninsula-selections-v1, p.143 (OCR page markers; not checked against print) · snapshot
3be92161e849…Open questions
- Original orders, personnel and casualty returns, contemporary message chains, disputed totals and precise command clocks remain deferred after the bounded follow-up. No OCR-to-print or map verification is claimed.
- Keep opening, reinforced, engaged, hospital, captured and vessel populations distinct. Source fields and retrospective judgments do not establish causal contributions.
- Preserve frozen outcomes and campaign membership, including combined/component rows; no automatic commander credit or battle/campaign double counting.