The Battle of Glendale, also known as the Battle of Nelson’s Farm, Frayser’s Farm, Charles City Crossroads, White Oak Swamp, New Market Road, or Riddell's Shop, took place on June 30, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War.
Glendale was the fifth of the Seven Days Battles. On June 30, Benjamin Huger’s, James Longstreet’s, and A.P. Hill’s divisions converged on the retreating Union army in the vicinity of Frayser’s Farm near Glendale. Their attacks penetrated the Union defense near Willis Church, routing George A. McCall ’s division. McCall was captured. Union counterattacks by Joseph Hooker’s and Philip 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. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson’s divisions were delayed by William B. Franklin at White Oak Swamp. Confederate Maj. Gen. Theophilus H. Holmes made a feeble attempt to turn the Union left flank at Turkey Bridge, but was driven back by Federal gunboats in the James River. Union generals George G. Meade and Edwin V. Sumner and Confederate generals Richard H. Anderson, Dorsey Pender, and Winfield S. Featherston were wounded. Lee’s best chance to cut off the Union army from the James River had failed; that night, McClellan established a strong position on Malvern Hill.
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