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.
Cold Harbor Battlefield: What's Nearby
Mechanicsville, VA
Preservation
Save 99 Endangered Acres at Gaines’ Mill and Cold Harbor Gaines' Mill, Cold Harbor and Second Deep Bottom.
Save Three Civil War Battlefields The Wilderness, Cold Harbor and Bentonville.
The American Battlefield Trust and our members have saved more than 280 acres at Cold Harbor Battlefield.
Related Battles
Battle Facts
Mechanicsville, VA | May 31, 1864
Result: Confederate Victory
Estimated Casualties
17,332
Union
12,737
12,737
Confed.
4,595
4,595
