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Tag Archives: battle of cold harbor

Baptists and the American Civil War: June 1, 1864

The Battle of Cold Harbor is now fully engaged along a seven-mile front. At one juncture, Union forces fiercely attack Confederate defenders, nearly breaking their lines. Elsewhere along the battle front, two small offensive attempts by the Confederates to feel out the enemy fizzle. While the rebels hold their own overall, federal troops end the…

June 1, 2014 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: May 31, 1864

A new battle in the Overland Campaign begins today: Cold Harbor. It will be unlike any fought thus far in the prolonged campaign. Today’s action takes the form of Union Major General Philip Sheridan, traveling ahead of Union soldiers from General Ulysses S. Grant‘s Army of the Potomac, seizing the important crossroads of Old Cold…

May 31, 2014 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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