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Cold Harbor. Two words that conjure images of brutality and futility. Out of 13 days of fighting, it is one charge on one day that came to...

The 1225th Support Battalion has served the city of Detroit since before Michigan was a state. Formed in 1830-1 as the Detroit City Guard, the unit...

This page describes the morning of June 1, 1864, during the Battle of Cold Harbor.

By Daniel T. Davis Lines of infantry in gray and butternut doggedly advanced across the stream. “Our men, full of confidence, rush with irresistible...

This page describes the engagements of the evening of June 1, 1864, during the Battle of Cold Harbor.

The 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment or "Old Guard" is the oldest regiment in the Regular United States Army. Today, it is best-known for its ceremonial...

Between 1833 and 1846, Congress added three mounted regiments to the United States Army. The success of the First and Second United States Dragoons...

In the Wheatfield at Gettysburg, Omaha Beach at Normandy, Ramadi and Fallujah in Iraq and a host of deadly places in between, the 16th Infantry...

Read our summary of the Seven Days' Battles, written by the Richmond National Battlefield Staff for the Civil War Trust's summer issue of Hallowed...

The Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps, commonly known as “The Pennsylvania Reserves,” played a major role in opposing the Confederates during the...

Learn more about the Seven Days Battles in June and July of 1862 from historian Gary Gallagher.

This Civil War Trust feature article looks at the greatest charges of the American Civil War. Pickett's Charge is compared to Gaines' Mill...