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Image from: Firing mortars at Cold Harbor, from a battlefield... in Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History
Summary Article: Cold Harbor, Battle of
from The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide

American Civil War engagement near Richmond, Virginia, 1–12 June 1864, in which the Confederate army under Robert E Lee repulsed Union attacks under Ulysses S Grant, inflicting heavy casualties and forcing Grant to adopt a siege of Petersburg.

The Union army sustained 8,000 casualties in the first two hours of battle on 3 June alone and lost over 12,500 in the period 1–12 June against Confederate losses of fewer than 3,000. This engagement, one of the final Confederate victories of the war, demonstrated their tenacity and kept Grant's army largely stationary until April 1865.

"Cold Harbor, Battle of." In The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide, edited by Helicon. Helicon, 2018. https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/cold_harbor_battle_of_va_1864
Cold Harbor, battle of. (2018). In Helicon (Ed.), The Hutchinson unabridged encyclopedia with atlas and weather guide. [Online]. Abington: Helicon. Available from: https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/cold_harbor_battle_of_va_1864 [Accessed 24 March 2019].
"Cold Harbor, Battle of." The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide, edited by Helicon, 2018. Credo Reference, https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/cold_harbor_battle_of_va_1864. Accessed 24 Mar. 2019.
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