2nd Connecticut fights first battle at Cold Harbor 150 years ago this hour (June 1 1864)


Video: 'Civil War Combat - Battle of Cold Harbor' (June 1, 1864, at 7:16)

(Wednesday June 1, 1864, 4:30 p.m. local time; during the Battle of Cold Harbor, part of the Overland Campaign of the American Civil War) — The 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery Regiment, having been sent to the Army of the Potomac in May 1864 where it was assigned to the Second Brigade, First Division, VI Corps, fought its first battle today at Cold Harbor, suffering 323 men killed or wounded.


Video: 'Civil War Combat - Battle of Cold Harbor' (June 1, 1864, continued)