About 170 thousand Americans served at Cold Harbor.
A total of 2,632 soldiers died as a result the Battle at Cold Harbor. Of these, 1,844 were Union soldiers and 788 were Confederate.
The Battle of Cold Harbor on June 3, 1864.
The Battle of Cold Harbor occurred as part of the American Civil War. The battle was won by the Confederacy, which was led by Robert E. Lee.
The Battle of Cold Harbor was fought between the Union and the Confederacy during the American Civil War. It lasted from May 31 to June 12, 1864.
at Cold Harbor, Maryland
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Battle of Cold Harbor happened on 1864-05-31.
The Battle of Cold Harbor, the final battle of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign is remembered as one of American history's bloodiest, most lopsided battles. It was fought May 31 - June 12, 1864.The battle was fought in central Virginia over the same ground as the Battle of Gaines' Mill during the Seven Days Battles of 1862. In fact, some accounts refer to the 1862 battle as the First Battle of Cold Harbor, and the 1864 battle as the Second Battle of Cold Harbor. Union soldiers were disturbed to discover skeletal remains from the first battle while entrenching. Despite its name, Cold Harbor was not a port city. It described two rural crossroads named for a hotel located in the area; Cold Harbor Tavern, owned by the Isaac Burnett family, which provided shelter ("harbor") but not hot meals.Old Cold Harbor stood two miles east of Gaines' Mill. New Cold Harbor a mile southeast. Both were approximately 10 miles (16 km) northeast of the Confederate capital of Richmond.Source Wikipedia
Cold harbor was the only battle that the confederacy and the union knew about, before the battle began!
If you mean Cold Harbor, Virginia, it was the battle of Cold Harbor. Michael Montagne
May 31 1864 – June 12, 1864 The Battle of Cold Harbor, the final battle of Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign during the American Civil War, is remembered as one of American history's bloodiest, most lopsided battles. Thousands of Union soldiers were slaughtered in a hopeless frontal assault against the fortified troops of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
Trick question! cold harbor never happened!