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On May 31, Sheridan’s cavalry seized the vital crossroads of Old Cold Harbor. -
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Early on June 1, relying heavily on their new repeating carbines and shallow entrenchments, Sheridan’s troopers threw back an attack by Confederate infantry.Confederate reinforcements arrived from Richmond and from the Totopotomoy Creek lines. Late on June 1, the Union VI and XVIII Corps reached Cold Harbor and assaulted the Confederate works with some success. -
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By June 2, both armies were on the field, forming on a seven-mile front that extended from Bethesda Church to the Chickahominy River. -
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At dawn June 3, the II and XVIII Corps, followed later by the IX Corps, assaulted along the Bethesda Church-Cold Harbor line and were slaughtered at all points. Grant commented in his memoirs that this was the only attack he wished he had never ordered. -
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The armies confronted each other from June 4 till June !2The great attack at Cold Harbor was over. Hundreds of wounded Federal soldiers remained on the battlefield for four days as Grant and Lee negotiated a cease-fire.Then Grant again advanced by his left flank, marching to James River. The Confedeate Soliders Won the Battle They only lost 4000 while the north had suffered !2000 killed or wounded -
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On June 14, the II Corps was ferried across the river at Wilcox’s Landing by transports. -
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On June 15, the rest of the army began crossing on a 2,200-foot long pontoon bridge at Weyanoke. Abandoning the well-defended approaches to Richmond, Grant wanted to shift his army quickly south of the river to threaten Petersburg.
