(7-05) Seven Days Battles: Gaines' Mill
 
The monument to the Alabama Brigade of Brigadier General Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox is located on the loop trail at Gaines Mill on the portion of the trail beginning the ascent from Boatswain Creek in a small man-made clearing. It is the only monument at the Gaines Mill section of Richmond National Battlefield Park. The photo was taken at about 10am on a sunny day, but the foliage was so thick that along most of the trail it was dark. The creek area can be seen where there is light in the background

(7-05) Enlarge Seven Days Battles: Gaines' Mill
 
This is the front of the monument to Brigadier General Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox and his brigade of Alabama Confederate troops on the loop trail at the Gaines Mill Battlefield portion of Richmond National Battlefield Park in Virginia. The battle was fought on June 27, 1862 but the monument also commemorates the Battle of Frazier's Farm on June 30, 1862, both battles were part of the Gen. George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign . This is the only monument on NPS land at Gaines Mill and was erected Oct 31, 1999

(7-05) Enlarge Seven Days Battles: Gaines' Mill
 
This is the front of the monument to Brigadier General Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox and his brigade of Alabama Confederate troops on the loop trail at the Gaines Mill Battlefield portion of Richmond National Battlefield Park

(7-05) Glendale National Cemetery

Bivouac of the Dead
 
This photo shows the building leased from the Veterans Administration by the National Park Service at Glendale National Cemetery. The building is a visitor center for Glendale and Malvern Hill Battlefields and is open seasonally. There are three small rooms open to the public which are: an electric map room, exhibits room , and sales area/ranger office

The Glendale National Cemetery is on 2.1 acres and has 2061 interments. The cemetery was established on May 7, 1866 for the burial of Union dead. Most of the graves are from Glendale, Malvern Hill, Harrison's Landing. There are no monuments/memorials other than upright gravestones in concentric rows. The address of the cemetery is: Glendale National Cemetery, 8301 Willis Church Road, Richmond, VA 23231

It is interesting to note the cemetery was part of the Nelson Farm, known as "Glendale" and is a part of the battlefield. The battle is also known as Frayser's Farm because the Frayser family were the previous owners. The adjacent Nelson farmhouse is privately-owned/not open to the public but easily seen from the cemetery