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|   Cold Harbor 1864 Overland Campaign - Mechanicsville VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites 1864 Overland Campaign-The fourth spring of the war began when Union armies launched a series of offensives across unconquered portions of the South. The action in Virginia included three separate campaigns. posted by:  Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/13/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
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| Cold Harbor Battlefield and Visitors Center - Mechanicsville, Virginia in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Of the units within the Richmond National Battlefield Park, this saw the bloodiest action. Ulyssess S. Grant even regreted extended action here pursuing a seige against Petersburg, Virginia rather than continued fighting. posted by: gparkes location: Virginia date approved: 07/21/2010 last visited: 09/16/2013 |
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|  Battle of Cold Harbor - Mechanicsville, VA
in Battlefields This battlefield monument marks the location of the main Confederate line. posted by:  archway location: Virginia date approved: 12/05/2009 last visited: 03/15/2019 |
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| New Cold Harbor Where Two Battlefields Meet - Mechanicsville VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Around this crossroads is bloody ground. To the right is the field of Gaines' Mill or First Cold Harbor, fought June 27, 1862, with 14,800 casualties. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/15/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
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| A Bloody Baptism of Fire - Mechanicsville VA in U.S. Civil War Sites The first heavy fighting at Cold Harbor erupted here, on the afternoon of June 1, 1864, when Grant determined to test the strength of the newly-built Confederate line. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/14/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
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| Confederate Fortifications - Mechanicsville VA in U.S. Civil War Sites The diary of Edward R. Crockett, 4th Texas Infantry, illustrates the daily pressure of life in these trenches: June 4th
“We work hard last night & dawn on the 4th have a heavy work completed. We have quit sleeping almost entirely.” posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/13/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryN0.6 km | Union Position Cold Harbor - 1864 - Mechanicsville VA in U.S. Civil War Sites The night before, Union soldiers write their names on scraps of paper fastened to their clothing, hoping to be identified after the battle. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/13/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryN0.8 km | Grant's Grand Assault - Mechanicsville VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Cold Harbor is best known today for high losses among the attacking Union formations on June 3. The Sixth Corps made a small advance here, but most of the famous carnage occurred elsewhere. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/14/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryNE0.8 km | Garthright House - Mechanicsville VA in U.S. Civil War Sites The Garthright House stood in the path of charging troops at two battles: Gaines’ Mill in 1862 and Cold Harbor in 1864. The house belonged to Miles Garthright, a Confederate soldier. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/15/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryNE0.8 km | Battle at Garthright House - Mechanicsville VA in Battlefields The Garthright House stood in the path of charging troops at two battles: Gaines’ Mill in 1862 and Cold Harbor in 1864. The house belonged to Miles Garthright, a Confederate soldier whose cavalry unit saw action around Cold Harbor early in the battle. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/13/2020 last visited: 10/16/2021 |
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| Battle of Gaines' Mill - Mechanicsville VA in U.S. Civil War Sites In these fields and woods unfolded the largest and bloodiest battle of the Seven Days—Gaines’ Mill. On the morning of June 27, 1862, Union General Fitz John Porter deployed his entire Fifth Corps, over 27,000 in total. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/15/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryS1.3 km | Gaines' Mill 1862 Seven Days' Battles - Mechanicsville VA in U.S. Civil War Sites The concentration of Civil War resources found in the Richmond area is unparalleled. The National Park Service manages 13 sites, giving visitors an opportunity to examine the battlefield landscapes. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/15/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryS1.3 km | Battle of Gaines' Mill - Mechanicsville VA in Battlefields June 27 Gaines Mill McClellan decided to move to a new base on the James River, but his rearguard at Gaines’ Mill barely escaped destruction when Lee’s Confederates launched an all-out attack. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 11/13/2020 last visited: 10/16/2021 |
 view galleryS1.3 km | Seven Days Battles - Gaines's Mill VA in Battlefields Along the slopes of Boatswain Creek, facing north and west, extended Porter's position in the afternoon of June 27, 1862. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 08/03/2023 last visited: 08/18/2014 |
 view galleryS1.3 km | The Watt House Gaines' Mill Battlefield - Mechanicsville VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Entrenched in three lines on this plateau, the right wing of McClellan's army, withdrawn from Beaver Dam Creek posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/15/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryS1.3 km | The Watt House Gaines' Mill Battlefield - Mechanicsville VA in Battlefields Marker is located in front of the Watt House in the Gaines' Mill unit of the Richmond National Battlefield Park in Mechanicsville VA 23111 posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/09/2023 last visited: 07/09/2023 |
 view galleryS1.3 km | Springfield Plantation - Mechanicsville VA in U.S. Civil War Sites In 1862 this farmhouse was home to the widow Sarah Watt, her granddaughter, Mary Jane Haw, and a maid. It was a typical Hanover County plantation of several hundred acres with some 28 slaves. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/15/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryS1.3 km | Lee’s First Victory: At a Huge Cost - Mechanicsville VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Both sides combined lost 15,000 casualties, the greatest loss in any battle of the entire Peninsula Campaign, and second only to Shiloh at that stage of the war. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/15/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryS1.4 km | Final Stand - Mechanicsville VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Civil War artillery was a splendid defensive weapon, particularly when the battlefield landscape offered the gunners open fields of fire. At Gaines’ Mill the woods plagued the Union artillery. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/15/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryE1.4 km | Seven Days Battles Gaines's Mill - Mechanicsville VA in Battlefields Marker is on Cold Harbor Road (State Highway 156), Mechanicsville VA 23111 posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/09/2023 last visited: 07/09/2023 |
 view galleryNE1.4 km | Seven Days' Campaign-Gaines's Mill - Mechanicsville VA in Battlefields Marker is in Mechanicsville, Virginia, in Hanover County on Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156. The marker was erected in 1997 by the Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number PA-23.) posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 08/03/2023 last visited: 08/03/2023 |
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| Seven Days Battles Gaines’s Mill - Mechanicsville VA in Battlefields Marker is in Mechanicsville, Virginia, in Hanover County on Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156). The marker was erected in 1932 by the Conservation & Development Commission. (Marker Number PA-80.) posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 08/04/2023 last visited: 08/04/2023 |
 view galleryS4 km | Grapevine Bridge - Highland Springs VA in Battlefields Here stood Grapevine Bridge across which, on the night of June 27, 1862, part of McClellan's Army moved in changing base. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 08/02/2023 last visited: 08/03/2023 |
 view galleryS4 km | Grapevine Bridge - Highland Springs VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Here stood Grapevine Bridge across which, on the night of June 27, 1862, part of McClellan's Army moved in changing base. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/15/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryS4 km | Seven Days Battles Grape Vine Bridge - Sandston VA in Battlefields Marker is near Sandston at 901 N Airport Dr, Henrico VA 23075 in Henrico County. It was erected in 1961 by Virginia State Library. (Marker Number PA-105.) posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 08/02/2023 last visited: 08/03/2023 |
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