Fair Oaks

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noun

Also called Seven Pines. a locality in E Virginia, near Richmond: battle 1862.

a town in central California, near Sacramento.

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How to use Fair Oaks in a sentence

There was another fright when the Rebels came back discomfited from Fair Oaks.
The Boys of '61|Charles Carleton Coffin.
He commanded in the battle of Fair Oaks (May 31, 1862), and was so severely wounded as to be incapacitated for several months.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 4|Various
The line of battle as now formed was nearly two miles in the rear of the position of the morning, at Fair Oaks.
Three Years in the Sixth Corps|George T. Stevens
General Keyes cut down the trees in front of his line beyond Fair Oaks to form an abattis.
Following the Flag|Charles Carleton Coffin

They came up at Fair Oaks in a critical moment, and decided the day in that hard-fought battle.
Following the Flag|Charles Carleton Coffin