Union suffers heavy casualties at Cold Harbor 150 years ago this hour (June 3 1864)

1860s, American Civil War


Video: 'Civil War Combat - Battle of Cold Harbor' (June 3, 1864, at 7:37)

(Friday, June 3, 1864, 4:30 a.m. local time; during the Battle of Cold Harbor, part of the Overland Campaign of the American Civil War) — Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ordered a frontal assault on entrenched Confederates at Cold Harbor, Virginia, today, resulting in 3,000-7,000 Union casualties, compared to only 1,500 for the Confederates.


Video: 'Civil War Combat - Battle of Cold Harbor' (June 3, 1864, continued at 0:00-5:55)