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How well do you know the battles of Gaines' Mill and Cold Harbor? Test your knowledge on these battles with our quiz!

Settled by Native Americans, burned by the British, defended by Patriots, targeted by Civil War armies, and scene of struggles for African-American...

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...

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

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

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...

The American Battlefield Trust's webpage presenting 10 important facts about the Civil War battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia.

This page discusses the facts and controversies surrounding the flag of truce negotiated during the Battle of Cold Harbor on June 7, 1864.

The Battle of The Wilderness In early May, 1864, the Army of the Potomac and independent IX Corps, now both under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and...

A strategic overview of the Overland Campaign of 1864, the first contest between Gen. Robert E. Lee and Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, that was fought across...

This page describes the failed assault of Hancock's Second Corps on June 3, 1864, during the Battle of Cold Harbor.

This page recounts the bloody assault of the Eighteenth Corps during the Battle of Cold Harbor on June 3, 1864.