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What caused the failure of the first day of attack by the Union at Cold Harbor?
ChuckSiata
Soon after the beginning of the Battle of Cold Harbor, a bad day was in store for Union troops. The frontal assault by the Union against the fortifications resulted in heavy Union casualties. The Union attack on Cold Harbor was doomed in that Union generals Grant and Meade failed to take time to evaluate the parapet designed by Confederate General Lee. Also, for some reason both Union generals failed to coordinate their frontal assaults. These failures resulted in the charging Union troops to trapped by firearms of Southern soldiers and the crossfire of Southern artillery. The results on the first day were dreadful for the Union. It is estimated that 7,000 Union troops were killed or wounded in only one hour. This edit corrects an error previously made on the original answer.
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