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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAKG_digging-in_Mechanicsville-VA.html
By the time the armies reached Cold Harbor soldiers on both sides were adept at building earthworks. The trenches before you are typical of the works that stretched for nearly seven miles and defined the fighting here at Cold Harbor. Union general…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAKE_the-deadly-work-of-sharpshooters_Mechanicsville-VA.html
Adding to the misery of the Union and Confederate soldiers at Cold Harbor was the fear of enemy sharpshooters. Quite often armed with special rifles these marksmen would prey on any unfortunate soldier who appeared in their sights. A Confederate o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAKD_the-battle-of-gaines-mill-1862_Mechanicsville-VA.html
All the visible remains along the trail date from the June 1864, Battle of Cold Harbor, but this ground figured prominently in the Seven Days campaign of 1862 as well. On June 27, 1862, General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's Confederates advan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAKC_scars-of-conflict_Mechanicsville-VA.html
Twelve days of combat transformed this once pastoral landscape. With every shift of a line of battle, the soldiers dug new works. Reserve troops dug too, well behind the front lines. By battle's end, earthworks gouged the landscape in every direct…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAKB_federal-artillery-battery_Mechanicsville-VA.html
Under the cover of night, Union artillerists left their horses at the foot of the hill behind you and dragged six rifled cannon up the slope by hand. The guns were then placed side by side inside this redoubt, with earthen mounds known as traverse…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAKA_the-bloody-eighth_Mechanicsville-VA.html
The 8th New York Heavy Artillery joined the Army of the Potomac midway through the Overland Campaign in an effort to offset the Federal casualties suffered at the battles of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania. The regiment of 1,600 men, still fresh f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAK9_a-well-preserved-union-artillery-position_Mechanicsville-VA.html
You are standing in front of a Union artillery battery, located on a commanding hill about 400 yards behind the front lines. From here Union officers watched for activity along the Confederate lines, and opened fire with a barrage of shells whenev…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAK8_preparation-for-battle_Mechanicsville-VA.html
On June 2, 1864, the night before the grand assault at Cold Harbor, Union staff officers passed among the battle lines issuing orders. One officer, Major Horace Porter, was in this vicinity when he witnessed a scene of foreboding. Porter recalled:…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAK6_union-reserve-line_Mechanicsville-VA.html
The Union front lines lay 325 yards west of here; reserve troops occupied this ground. These Union pits may have been a stop along the relay system that brought reinforcements and supplies to the forward line. Imagine soldiers huddled inside these…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAK4_a-dreadful-harvest_Mechanicsville-VA.html
The grim drama at Cold Harbor cost some 13,000 Federals and nearly 5,0000 Confederates killed, wounded, or captured. Southern morale soared after the battle, while Grant's men were embittered by the lopsided defeat. One Union officer wrote that it…
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