#487 Delevan (Daniel) M. Yeamans, 2nd and 21st New York Infantry, large 31mm pewter
front: D. M. YEAMANS/CO.
E./2d REG, N.Y.S.V./IRVING ILL.
back: FAIR OAKS/7
DAYS/BEFORE RICHMOND/BRISTOE STATION/BULL RUN(?) also raised letters WAR OF
1861/ENGAGED IN THE ABOVE BATTLES
Dug condition -
difficult to read but there
2nd REG
killed/wounded/missing 253
Yeamans enlisted May 7,
1861 and mustered out after Chancellorsville May 26, 1863.
2nd REG was
also present at Fredericksburg and took significant casualties at Chancellorsville.
Seven Days Before
Richmond began on Wednesday, June 25, 1862, with a Union attack in the minor Battle of Oak Grove, but McClellan quickly lost the initiative as Lee began a
series of attacks at Beaver Dam Creek (Mechanicsville) on June 26, Gaines's Mill on June 27, the minor actions at Garnett's and Golding's Farm on June 27 and 28, and the attack on the Union rear
guard at Savage's Station on June 29. McClellan's Army of the Potomac continued its retreat toward the safety of Harrison's Landing on the James River. Lee's final opportunity to intercept the Union Army was at
the Battle of Glendale on June 30, but poorly executed orders and the delay of Stonewall Jackson's troops allowed his enemy to escape to a strong defensive
position on Malvern Hill. At the Battle of Malvern Hill on July 1, Lee launched futile frontal assaults and
suffered heavy casualties in the face of strong infantry and artillery defenses.
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