Union Position Cold Harbor - 1864 - Mechanicsville VA
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Don.Morfe
N 37° 35.492 W 077° 17.177
18S E 298148 N 4162953
The night before, Union soldiers write their names on scraps of paper fastened to their clothing, hoping to be identified after the battle.
Waymark Code: WM134GT
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 09/13/2020
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Union Position-Cold Harbor - 1864-- Richmond National Battlefield Park--The night before, Union soldiers write their names on scraps of paper fastened to their clothing, hoping to be identified after the battle.
At 4:30 a.m. they are ordered to attack the Confederate earthworks clearly visible across the open field. Most of the dying is over in thirty minutes. Unable to advance or retreat, the surviving Federals use spoons, forks, or bayonets to dig in where they lie, beneath a waist-high ceiling of fire.
Afterward the Union Army built the more elaborate entrenchments behind you. Ten days later, in secrecy, Grant abandoned the position to march on Petersburg.
LOCATION: Marker is in Mechanicsville, Virginia, in Hanover County. Marker is on Anderson Wright Drive, on the right when traveling south. Marker is on the tour road in the Cold Harbor Unit of Richmond National Battlefield. Post office area: Mechanicsville VA 23111
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