Cold Harbor Battlefield Walking Trail

For thirteen days Union and Confederate armies faced each other around Cold Harbor, their lines separated by only 150 yards of ravaged ground. Twice, on June 1 and June 3 1864, savage fighting erupted when the Federals launched massive assaults against the entrenched Confederates. Near the center of the Union lines, held by the Sixth Corps, Grant’s lines extended two miles south to the Chickahominy River and nearly five miles to the north. This section of the Cold Harbor battlefield includes the historic Garthright House and well-preserved Union infantry and artillery emplacements.

Highland Springs, Virginia · United States