Cold Harbor
Cold Harbor Battlefield was only a few miles off the main route. The National Park only encompasses a small portion of the actual battlefield.
Pvt. John W. Swarthout of the New York 148th VI took a bullet in the arm here on June 2, 1864
The Confederate earthworks looking toward the direction the Union Forces would have charged. |
Along one of the earthworks. |
These would have been open fields when the Union charged. |
One of the few monuments at Cold Harbor. |