Civil War Veteran who died in the service of his country from wounds sustained in the Battle of Gaine's Mill on July 14, 1862. Harvey was wounded the day of that battle, 27 June 1862. The date of death on his military record gives his date of death as 14 July. Richard "Harvey" Fair is my first cousin 4x removed. Richard's parents are Samuel and Anne Campbell Fair.
29 July 1862 RICHARD HARVEY FAIR. Ever since the battle in front of Richmond this community felt great anxiety for this gallant young soldier. No tidings could be received for two weeks other than that he was missing. What painful suspence to his many friends and relatives! At last this uncertainty was removed by the announcement that he was wounded and a prisoner at Richmond. Hope once more returned to the distressed relatives. When we saw his name among the wounded we, with many, rejoiced in the hope of seeing him again. But alas! our hope was of short duration. The young soldier now sleeps his last sleep. He died, at Richmond, on the 14th of July. --All who knew the young patriot will sympathize greatly with his distressed parents, sisters and friends. He took an active part in raising Co. B, of the 11th Reserves. No truer patriot ever lived. He has given his life a sacrifice in defense of the Union and the Government he loved so well. Who, among our young man, will fill his place in the company in which he was so much loved and respected? We remember hearing him say in one of his eloquent appeals to his young friends to volunteer in defense of their noble cause that if death should (be their fate) they would fill honored (graves). Who will not say that R. HARVEY FAIR now fills an honored grave? All who knew him will honor his life.
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Gaines' Mill was an intense battle, the largest of the Seven Days and the only clear-cut Confederate tactical victory of the Peninsula Campaign. Union casualties from the 34,214 engaged were 6,837 (894 killed, 3,107 wounded, and 2,836 captured or missing). Of the 57,018 Confederates engaged, losses totaled 7,993 (1,483 killed, 6,402 wounded, 108 missing or captured). Since the Confederate assault was conducted against only a small portion of the Union Army (the V Corps, one fifth of the army), the army emerged from the battle in relatively good shape overall. Lee's victory, his first of the war, could have been more complete if it were not for the mishaps of Stonewall Jackson. Historian Stephen W. Sears speculates that it were not for Jackson's misdirected march and his poor staff work, the major assault that Lee unleashed at 7 p.m. could have occurred three or four hours earlier. This would have put Porter in grave jeopardy, without any last-minute reinforcements and the cover of darkness. He quotes Edward Porter Alexander, prominent Confederate artillery officer and postwar historian: "Had Jackson attacked when he first arrived, or during A.P. Hill's attack, we would have had an easy victory—comparatively, & would have captured most of Porter's command."
However, although McClellan had already planned to shift his supply base to the James River, his defeat unnerved him and he precipitously decided to abandon his advance on Richmond and begin the retreat of his entire army to the James River. Gaines' Mill and the Union retreat across the Chickahominy was a psychological victory for the Confederacy, signaling that Richmond was out of danger.
Source: Wikipedia
Richard Harvey Fair was the grandson of Revoluionary Soldier and my 4th great grandfather Marx a.k.a. Marks Fair.
A VETERAN - whether active duty, discharged, retired, reserve or passed away - is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a blank check made payable to The United States of America, for an amount of up to, and including their life. Thank You for your Service to our Country. May God Bless You
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29 July 1862 RICHARD HARVEY FAIR. Ever since the battle in front of Richmond this community felt great anxiety for this gallant young soldier. No tidings could be received for two weeks other than that he was missing. What painful suspence to his many friends and relatives! At last this uncertainty was removed by the announcement that he was wounded and a prisoner at Richmond. Hope once more returned to the distressed relatives. When we saw his name among the wounded we, with many, rejoiced in the hope of seeing him again. But alas! our hope was of short duration. The young soldier now sleeps his last sleep. He died, at Richmond, on the 14th of July. --All who knew the young patriot will sympathize greatly with his distressed parents, sisters and friends. He took an active part in raising Co. B, of the 11th Reserves. No truer patriot ever lived. He has given his life a sacrifice in defense of the Union and the Government he loved so well. Who, among our young man, will fill his place in the company in which he was so much loved and respected? We remember hearing him say in one of his eloquent appeals to his young friends to volunteer in defense of their noble cause that if death should (be their fate) they would fill honored (graves). Who will not say that R. HARVEY FAIR now fills an honored grave? All who knew him will honor his life.
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Gaines' Mill was an intense battle, the largest of the Seven Days and the only clear-cut Confederate tactical victory of the Peninsula Campaign. Union casualties from the 34,214 engaged were 6,837 (894 killed, 3,107 wounded, and 2,836 captured or missing). Of the 57,018 Confederates engaged, losses totaled 7,993 (1,483 killed, 6,402 wounded, 108 missing or captured). Since the Confederate assault was conducted against only a small portion of the Union Army (the V Corps, one fifth of the army), the army emerged from the battle in relatively good shape overall. Lee's victory, his first of the war, could have been more complete if it were not for the mishaps of Stonewall Jackson. Historian Stephen W. Sears speculates that it were not for Jackson's misdirected march and his poor staff work, the major assault that Lee unleashed at 7 p.m. could have occurred three or four hours earlier. This would have put Porter in grave jeopardy, without any last-minute reinforcements and the cover of darkness. He quotes Edward Porter Alexander, prominent Confederate artillery officer and postwar historian: "Had Jackson attacked when he first arrived, or during A.P. Hill's attack, we would have had an easy victory—comparatively, & would have captured most of Porter's command."
However, although McClellan had already planned to shift his supply base to the James River, his defeat unnerved him and he precipitously decided to abandon his advance on Richmond and begin the retreat of his entire army to the James River. Gaines' Mill and the Union retreat across the Chickahominy was a psychological victory for the Confederacy, signaling that Richmond was out of danger.
Source: Wikipedia
Richard Harvey Fair was the grandson of Revoluionary Soldier and my 4th great grandfather Marx a.k.a. Marks Fair.
A VETERAN - whether active duty, discharged, retired, reserve or passed away - is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a blank check made payable to The United States of America, for an amount of up to, and including their life. Thank You for your Service to our Country. May God Bless You
[Edit Bio]
I am bound to them, though I cannot see their eyes or hear their voices. I honor their history. I cherish their lives. I will tell their story. I will remember them.
Author unknown.
Civil War Veteran who died in the service of his country from wounds sustained in the Battle of Gaine's Mill on July 14, 1862. Harvey was wounded the day of that battle, 27 June 1862. The date of death on his military record gives his date of death as 14 July. Richard "Harvey" Fair is my first cousin 4x removed. Richard's parents are Samuel and Anne Campbell Fair.
29 July 1862 RICHARD HARVEY FAIR. Ever since the battle in front of Richmond this community felt great anxiety for this gallant young soldier. No tidings could be received for two weeks other than that he was missing. What painful suspence to his many friends and relatives! At last this uncertainty was removed by the announcement that he was wounded and a prisoner at Richmond. Hope once more returned to the distressed relatives. When we saw his name among the wounded we, with many, rejoiced in the hope of seeing him again. But alas! our hope was of short duration. The young soldier now sleeps his last sleep. He died, at Richmond, on the 14th of July. --All who knew the young patriot will sympathize greatly with his distressed parents, sisters and friends. He took an active part in raising Co. B, of the 11th Reserves. No truer patriot ever lived. He has given his life a sacrifice in defense of the Union and the Government he loved so well. Who, among our young man, will fill his place in the company in which he was so much loved and respected? We remember hearing him say in one of his eloquent appeals to his young friends to volunteer in defense of their noble cause that if death should (be their fate) they would fill honored (graves). Who will not say that R. HARVEY FAIR now fills an honored grave? All who knew him will honor his life.
.
Gaines' Mill was an intense battle, the largest of the Seven Days and the only clear-cut Confederate tactical victory of the Peninsula Campaign. Union casualties from the 34,214 engaged were 6,837 (894 killed, 3,107 wounded, and 2,836 captured or missing). Of the 57,018 Confederates engaged, losses totaled 7,993 (1,483 killed, 6,402 wounded, 108 missing or captured). Since the Confederate assault was conducted against only a small portion of the Union Army (the V Corps, one fifth of the army), the army emerged from the battle in relatively good shape overall. Lee's victory, his first of the war, could have been more complete if it were not for the mishaps of Stonewall Jackson. Historian Stephen W. Sears speculates that it were not for Jackson's misdirected march and his poor staff work, the major assault that Lee unleashed at 7 p.m. could have occurred three or four hours earlier. This would have put Porter in grave jeopardy, without any last-minute reinforcements and the cover of darkness. He quotes Edward Porter Alexander, prominent Confederate artillery officer and postwar historian: "Had Jackson attacked when he first arrived, or during A.P. Hill's attack, we would have had an easy victory—comparatively, & would have captured most of Porter's command."
However, although McClellan had already planned to shift his supply base to the James River, his defeat unnerved him and he precipitously decided to abandon his advance on Richmond and begin the retreat of his entire army to the James River. Gaines' Mill and the Union retreat across the Chickahominy was a psychological victory for the Confederacy, signaling that Richmond was out of danger.
Source: Wikipedia
Richard Harvey Fair was the grandson of Revoluionary Soldier and my 4th great grandfather Marx a.k.a. Marks Fair.
A VETERAN - whether active duty, discharged, retired, reserve or passed away - is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a blank check made payable to The United States of America, for an amount of up to, and including their life. Thank You for your Service to our Country. May God Bless You
[Edit Bio]
I am bound to them, though I cannot see their eyes or hear their voices. I honor their history. I cherish their lives. I will tell their story. I will remember them.
Author unknown.
29 July 1862 RICHARD HARVEY FAIR. Ever since the battle in front of Richmond this community felt great anxiety for this gallant young soldier. No tidings could be received for two weeks other than that he was missing. What painful suspence to his many friends and relatives! At last this uncertainty was removed by the announcement that he was wounded and a prisoner at Richmond. Hope once more returned to the distressed relatives. When we saw his name among the wounded we, with many, rejoiced in the hope of seeing him again. But alas! our hope was of short duration. The young soldier now sleeps his last sleep. He died, at Richmond, on the 14th of July. --All who knew the young patriot will sympathize greatly with his distressed parents, sisters and friends. He took an active part in raising Co. B, of the 11th Reserves. No truer patriot ever lived. He has given his life a sacrifice in defense of the Union and the Government he loved so well. Who, among our young man, will fill his place in the company in which he was so much loved and respected? We remember hearing him say in one of his eloquent appeals to his young friends to volunteer in defense of their noble cause that if death should (be their fate) they would fill honored (graves). Who will not say that R. HARVEY FAIR now fills an honored grave? All who knew him will honor his life.
.
Gaines' Mill was an intense battle, the largest of the Seven Days and the only clear-cut Confederate tactical victory of the Peninsula Campaign. Union casualties from the 34,214 engaged were 6,837 (894 killed, 3,107 wounded, and 2,836 captured or missing). Of the 57,018 Confederates engaged, losses totaled 7,993 (1,483 killed, 6,402 wounded, 108 missing or captured). Since the Confederate assault was conducted against only a small portion of the Union Army (the V Corps, one fifth of the army), the army emerged from the battle in relatively good shape overall. Lee's victory, his first of the war, could have been more complete if it were not for the mishaps of Stonewall Jackson. Historian Stephen W. Sears speculates that it were not for Jackson's misdirected march and his poor staff work, the major assault that Lee unleashed at 7 p.m. could have occurred three or four hours earlier. This would have put Porter in grave jeopardy, without any last-minute reinforcements and the cover of darkness. He quotes Edward Porter Alexander, prominent Confederate artillery officer and postwar historian: "Had Jackson attacked when he first arrived, or during A.P. Hill's attack, we would have had an easy victory—comparatively, & would have captured most of Porter's command."
However, although McClellan had already planned to shift his supply base to the James River, his defeat unnerved him and he precipitously decided to abandon his advance on Richmond and begin the retreat of his entire army to the James River. Gaines' Mill and the Union retreat across the Chickahominy was a psychological victory for the Confederacy, signaling that Richmond was out of danger.
Source: Wikipedia
Richard Harvey Fair was the grandson of Revoluionary Soldier and my 4th great grandfather Marx a.k.a. Marks Fair.
A VETERAN - whether active duty, discharged, retired, reserve or passed away - is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a blank check made payable to The United States of America, for an amount of up to, and including their life. Thank You for your Service to our Country. May God Bless You
[Edit Bio]
I am bound to them, though I cannot see their eyes or hear their voices. I honor their history. I cherish their lives. I will tell their story. I will remember them.
Author unknown.
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