JANESVILLE DAILY GAZETTE. THURSDAY 6 P.M., JULY 3, 1862. EXTRA. A DISPATCH FROM GENERAL McCLELLAN, DATED WEDNESDAY, 5:30 P.M. THE ARMY SAFE IN CAMP!! ON JAMES RIVER

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Janesville [Wi.]: Janesville Daily Gazette, July 3, 1862.. Broadside, 6 x 4 1/2 inches. Old creases. Minor stains, otherwise clean. A very good copy. An unrecorded Civil War broadside publicizing a dispatch from Union General George B. McClellan following The Seven Days' Battles, which occurred between June 26 and July 2, 1862. In the course of that week, Union and Confederate forces fought a series of battles in five different locales. At the end of these engagements, the Confederates withdrew to Richmond. In his dispatch, a special to the JANESVILLE DAILY GAZETTE, McClellan states that he had succeeded in getting his army safely onto the bank of the James River. The general places the events in the best light possible, stating that "we had a severe battle, Tuesday, and that we beat the enemy badly, the men even fighting better than before; that the men are in good spirits, and that reinforcements have arrived from Washington. This being official, is a great relief to the gloomy feeling caused by this morning's dispatch." Although most of the battles in the Seven Days can be considered Union victories, the overall outcome of the campaign was still not particularly successful for the Union, due to McClellan's weaknesses as a commander in the field. Afterwards, the Union's Peninsular Campaign was abandoned and the majority of McClellan's men were transferred to John Pope's army in Northern Virginia. A rare Civil War news dispatch.