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The Battle of Cold Harbor was the final victory won by Lee's army during the war (part of his forces won the Battle of the Crater the following month, during the Siege of Petersburg, but this did not represent a general engagement between the armies), and its most decisive in terms of casualties. The Union army, in attempting the futile assault ...
The 2nd Connecticut's first battle was at Cold Harbor on June 1, 1864, where it suffered 323 men killed or wounded, including Kellogg dead with two bullets to the head. It managed to capture 300 prisoners and it briefly reached the Confederate breastworks, but Confederate fire was too heavy for the regiment to maintain its position.
American Civil War: 28,700 Battle of Cold Harbor: 1864 American Civil War: 18,000 Battle of Changzhou: 1864 Taiping Rebellion: 35,000 Battle of Hubei: 1864 Taiping Rebellion: 60,000+ Battle of Königgrätz: 1866 Austro-Prussian War: 47,500 [305] Battle of Münchengrätz: 1866 Austro-Prussian War: 3,000 Battle of Tuyutí: 1866 Paraguayan War ...
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Cold Harbor (May 31–June 12, 1864) of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization May 31, 1864, [1] army organization May 26-June 3, 1864, [2] the casualty returns [3] and the reports. [4] [5]
The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Cold Harbor (May 31–June 12, 1864) of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization [1] during the battle [2] and the reports. [3]
The 14th New Jersey Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Their most notable engagement was the Battle of Monocacy, where the unit sustained heavy casualties halting a Confederate advance. Fourteen months earlier, the regiment spent their first encampment of the war guarding Monocacy Junction.
Colonel Frank A. Haskell (March 23, 1864 – June 3, 1864) — Killed in action at the Battle of Cold Harbor, previously served in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. Colonel John A. Savage Jr. (June 3, 1864 – June 18, 1864) — Killed in action at the Second Battle of Petersburg .
From June 1 to 12, 1864, the 148th was heavily engaged at Cold Harbor, losing 124 killed, wounded and missing. The regiment lost 22 men killed, 2 officers and 12 men mortally wounded, an officer and 85 men wounded and 2 men missing. [3]