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jun 6, 1864 - Assault on Cold Harbor (June 1864)

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(June 3 1864) Grant ordered frontal assault on Cold Harbor (impregnable); Union soldiers were sure to die, in few minutes ~7k men were killed/wounded; Public opinion in N = mad bcuz of casualties; Grant → “Grant the Butcher”; Lee had fewer men → couldn’t seize offensive like at Chancellorsville or Gettysburg so Lee was on defensive side

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jun 6, 1864
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~ 162 years ago