Battle of Cold Harbor

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American Civil War battle battle

The Battle of Cold Harbor was a major and notoriously bloody 1864 Civil War engagement near Richmond, Virginia, in which Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee repelled repeated Union assaults during Ulysses S. Grant’s Overland Campaign.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Cold Harbor canonical	8
First Battle of Cold Harbor	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Cold Harbor, Virginia ⓘ surface form: Cold Harbor
belligerent	Confederate States of America ⓘ surface form: Confederacy Union ⓘ
campaignObjective	to move south of the Chickahominy River and threaten Richmond ⓘ
category	Battles of the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ Confederate victories of the American Civil War ⓘ Overland Campaign battles ⓘ
characterization	notorious for high Union casualties in frontal assaults ⓘ one of the bloodiest engagements of the American Civil War ⓘ
commander	George G. Meade ⓘ Robert E. Lee ⓘ Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
ConfederateArmy	Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
ConfederateCasualtiesAndLosses	approximately 5000 ⓘ
ConfederateCommander	Robert E. Lee ⓘ
ConfederateForceSize	approximately 60000 ⓘ
conflictIn	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
defensiveFeature	strong Confederate earthworks and entrenchments ⓘ
endDate	1864-06-12 ⓘ
followedBy	Second Battle of Petersburg ⓘ
location	Cold Harbor, Virginia ⓘ near Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
mainPhaseDate	1864-06-03 ⓘ
managedBy	National Park Service ⓘ surface form: U.S. National Park Service
memorial	Cold Harbor Battlefield Park ⓘ
notableEvent	massive Union frontal assault on entrenched Confederate lines on 1864-06-03 ⓘ
notableFor	Grant’s later regret over ordering frontal attacks ⓘ entrenched defensive warfare ⓘ
partOf	Overland Campaign ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of North Anna ⓘ
result	Confederate victory ⓘ
startDate	1864-05-31 ⓘ
state	Virginia ⓘ
strategicContext	Grant’s strategy of continuous engagement against Lee’s army ⓘ
tacticalOutcome	failed Union assaults ⓘ
theater	Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
UnionArmy	Army of the Potomac ⓘ
UnionCasualtiesAndLosses	approximately 13000 ⓘ
UnionCommander	George G. Meade ⓘ Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
UnionForceSize	approximately 100000 ⓘ
year	1864 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Army of Northern Virginia → notableBattle → Battle of Cold Harbor ⓘ

Winfield Scott Hancock → notableBattle → Battle of Cold Harbor ⓘ

Eastern Theater of the American Civil War → notableBattle → Battle of Cold Harbor ⓘ

20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment → engagement → Battle of Cold Harbor ⓘ

1st Texas Infantry → engagement → Battle of Cold Harbor ⓘ

II Corps (Union Army of the Potomac) → engagedIn → Battle of Cold Harbor ⓘ

William Henry Seward Jr. → participatedIn → Battle of Cold Harbor ⓘ

Battle of Gaines’s Mill → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Cold Harbor ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of Gaines's Mill

this entity surface form: First Battle of Cold Harbor

Battle of Trevilian Station → precededBy → Battle of Cold Harbor ⓘ