Chickahominy River

Map of the James River, the Chickahominy River is marked in light

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The Chickahominy River (pronounced tschicke ) is a tributary of the James River in Virginia (USA). It rises about 20 kilometers northwest of Richmond, Virginia's capital.

The Chickahominy is especially known by several skirmishes and battles during the American Civil War. In May and June 1862, the Union General McClellan had gone after the capture of Yorktown and Williamsburg with a part of the Union army on the northern shore. It was then, when the river was swollen and the bridges had severely damaged behind him, attacked by the Confederates under Johnston on 31 May and 1 June and preserved only by the rapid attraction of fresh troops before the complete destruction ( Battle of Seven Pines ). After much hesitation, McClellan decided to vacate the position on the Chickahominy, but the Confederate General Lee had translated three of his divisions on the northern shore and threw with General Jackson, who had joined him on June 27, several corps of the Union army with 9,000 men loss back. McClellan continued in the following days under constant fighting retreat to the James River continues. The Confederate army was able, because of their heavy losses not exploit the success.