Richard B Jordan : Short Biography

The Battle of Fair Oaks (Battle of Seven Pines) took place on 31 May 1862 in Virginia during the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. Among the wounded in Confederate ranks (another re-minder that so many Irish fought on both sides) was Richard B Jordan from Gort, who was captured. It was arguably an inconclusive albeit bloody battle, with both sides suffering more than 5,000 casualties and losses. Pictured is ‘The Battle of Fair Oaks’ by Currier and Ives (1862).
 

This Chronicle was created using information originally published in the South East Galway Archaeological and Historical Society Newsletter No. 27