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After the grand Union assault of June 3, Confederates constructed this advanced line close enough to the Federal line that enemy voices could be heard, and from June 3 to June 12 Cold Harbor was marked by constant skirmishing, artillery fire, and deadly exchanges between Union and Confederate sharpshooters as soldiers on both sides feared these marksmen with their long-range rifles; one Virginia artilleryman considered the sharpshooter "little better than a human tiger lying in wait for blood."
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