Battle of Cold Harbor

When

31 May 1864 – 12 Jun 1864

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

37.59° N, 77.28° W

Description

1864 battle of the American Civil War

Major battle of the American Civil War

The Battle of Cold Harbor was fought during the American Civil War near Mechanicsville, Virginia, from May 31 to June 12, 1864, with the most significant fighting occurring on June 3. It was one of the final battles of Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign. Thousands of Union soldiers were killed or wounded in the frontal assault of June 3 against the fortified positions of Confederate Gen. Robert E.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Cold Harbor – General Ulysses S. Grant pulls his troops from their positions at Cold Harbor, Virginia, and moves south”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Army of the Potomac der Union unter George Gordon Meade überquert den Pamunkey bei Hanover in Virginia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire de Lee à la bataille de Cold Harbor, dernière offensive victorieuse des sudistes”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Гражданская война в США: Сражение при Колд-Харбор, которое перетекло в своего рода окопную войну”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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