Fair Oaks

[ fair ohks ]

noun

1. Also called Sev·en Pines [sev, -, uh, n , pahynz]. a locality in eastern Virginia, near Richmond: battle 1862.
2. a town in central California, near Sacramento.

Example Sentences

There was another fright when the Rebels came back discomfited from Fair Oaks.

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He commanded in the battle of Fair Oaks (May 31, 1862), and was so severely wounded as to be incapacitated for several months.

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The line of battle as now formed was nearly two miles in the rear of the position of the morning, at Fair Oaks.

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General Keyes cut down the trees in front of his line beyond Fair Oaks to form an abattis.

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They came up at Fair Oaks in a critical moment, and decided the day in that hard-fought battle.

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