We visited the battlefield and cemetery at Cold Harbor to honor Memorial Day this year. In case you didn’t know, Cold Harbor was the last large Confederate victory. In a failed attempt to break through and take Richmond, the Union lost 6,000 soldiers compared to a Confederate loss of about 1,500. After this battle the conflict moved on to Petersburg, which turned into a protracted siege that eventually ended the war. Most of the Confederate casualties were buried in Hollywood cemetery in Richmond, the Union soldiers were buried here, near where they died.
