Cold Harbor Battlefield Park

Virginia

6005 Cold Harbor Road
Mechanicsville, VA 23111, USA

Website: http://www.hanovercounty.gov/Parks-and-Rec/Cold-Harbor-Battlefield-Park-Garthright-House/

Cold Harbor Battlefield Park is a county park with interpretative trails commemorating the battle fought there from May 31 to June 12, 1864. The 50-acre park surrounds the historic Garthright House. Included on the property are numerous Civil War trenches and rifle pits.

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