Battle of Cold Harbor

May 31 – June 12, 1864

Part of American Civil War

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Battle of Cold Harbor
 

One of the final battles of Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign, fought near Cold Harbor, Virginia: thousands of Union soldiers were killed or wounded in a hopeless frontal assault against the fortified positions of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's army. Remembered as one of American history's bloodiest, most lopsided battles.

Commanders

Union 2

Confederates 1