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Field Hospital

Highland Springs, Virginia
· Garthright House - 1864
Military
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During the Battle of Cold Harbor in June, 1864, the Union turned this middle-class plantation into a field hospital. The residents, forced to move to the basement, watched blood dripping down between the floorboards. After Grant left for Petersburg, the Confederates set up their field hospital in the Garthright House.
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