Photograph of the trees at Cold Harbor Battlefield

Cold Harbor Battlefield

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The Cold Harbor Battlefield  is roughly 12 miles from Richmond and is a part of the Richmond National Battlefield Park. The 50-acre park includes a driving tour, hiking trails and numerous Civil War trenches and rifle pits. Cold Harbor National Cemetery is one half mile east of the Visitor Center.

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Cold Harbor Battlefield: What's Nearby

Mechanicsville, VA
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Civil War  |  Museum
The American Civil War Museum–White House of the Confederacy
Richmond, VA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker at Richmond, Virginia (VA-108)
Richmond, VA
Civil War  |  Museum
The Valentine Richmond History Center
Richmond, VA
Civil War  |  Museum
The American Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar
Richmond, VA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Petersburg, Virginia (VA-129)
Petersburg, VA
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Pamplin Historical Park and The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier
Petersburg, VA
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Goochland, Virginia (VA-140)
Goochland, VA
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Williamsburg, Virginia (VA-180)
Williamsburg, VA
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Lafayette Visit Marker, Williamsburg, Virginia (V-62)
Williamsburg, VA
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American Revolution Museum at Yorktown
Yorktown, VA
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General Lafayette Marker, Yorktown, Virginia (VA-5)
Yorktown, VA
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Lafayette Tour Marker at Yorktown, Virginia (VA-60)
Yorktown, VA
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Columbia, Virginia (VA-146)
Columbia, VA
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Fredericksburg, Virginia (VA-126)
Fredericksburg, VA
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Palmyra, Virginia (VA-131)
Palmyra, VA
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Piney Point Lighthouse Museum & Park
Piney Point , MD
Civil War  |  Museum
Point Lookout State Park and Civil War Museum
Scotland, MD
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Orange, Virginia (VA-94)
Orange, VA
Rev War  |  Museum
National Museum of the Marine Corps
Triangle, VA
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General Lafayette Marker, Suffolk, Virginia (VA-10)
Suffolk, VA
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National Museum of the Marine Corps
Quantico, VA
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Montpelier Station, Virginia (VA-36)
Montpelier Station, VA
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The Casemate Museum at Fort Monroe
Fort Monroe, VA
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Lafayette Tour Marker at Suffolk, Virginia (VA-21)
Rescue, VA
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Hampton Roads Naval Museum
Norfolk, VA
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Norfolk, Virginia (VA-51)
Norfolk, VA
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Lafayette Tour Marker at Portsmouth, Virginia (VA-23)
Portsmouth, VA
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National Museum of the U.S. Army
Fort Belvoir, VA
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Fort Washington Park
Fort Washington, MD
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Jeffersonton, Virginia (VA-93)
Jeffersonton, VA
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Jackson, North Carolina (NC-7)
Jackson, NC
Rev War  |  Museum
Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways Museum
Chesapeake, VA
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Warrenton, Virginia (VA-205)
Warrenton, VA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Buckland, Virginia (VA-134)
Gainesville, VA
Civil War  |  Museum
The American Civil War Museum - Appomattox
Appomattox, VA
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Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site
Alexandria, VA
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General Lafayette Marker, Halifax, North Carolina (NC-9)
Halifax, NC
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Halifax, North Carolina (NC-174)
Halifax, NC
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Washington, DC (DC-34)
Washington, DC
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U.S. Navy Museum
Washington, DC
Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington, VA
Civil War  |  Museum
National Museum of the U.S. Navy
Washington, DC
Museum
National Museum of American History
Washington, DC
Civil War  |  Museum
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum
Washington, DC
Civil War  |  Museum
African American Civil War Memorial and Museum
Washington, DC
Civil War  |  Cemetery
United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery
Washington, DC
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Enfield, North Carolina (NC-9)
Enfield, NC
Civil War  |  Museum
National Museum of Health and Medicine
Silver Spring, MD

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Related Battles

Cold Harbor
Battle Facts
Hanover County, VA | May 31, 1864
Result: Confederate Victory
Estimated Casualties
17,332
Union
12,737
Confed.
4,595
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