Battle of Cold Harbor
Confederate Commander
Forces Engaged: 59,000 - 62,000
Killed: 788
Wounded: 3,376
Captured or Missing: 1,123
Total Casualties: 5,287
Confederate Officers
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Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge
Brig. Gen. William N. Pendleton
Brig. Gen. Joseph B. Kershaw
Brig. Gen. Benjamin G. Humphreys
Brig. Gen. William T. Wofford
Brig. Gen. Goode Bryan
Brig. Gen. John Gregg
Brig. Gen. Evander M. Law
Brig. Gen. George T. Anderson
Brig. Gen. Eppa Hunton
Brig. Gen. Seth M. Barton
Brig. Gen.. Montgomery
Brig. Gen. Edward P. Alexander
Brig. Gen. Stephan D. Ramseur
Brig. Gen. Clement A. Evans
Brig. Gen. William Terry
Brig. Gen. Bryan Grimes
Brig. Gen. Cullen A. Battle
Brig. Gen. George Doles
Brig. Gen. Armistead L. Long
Brig. Gen. William Mahone
Brig. Gen. Nathaniel H. Harris
Brig. Gen. Joseph Finegan
Brig. Gen. Ambrose R. Wright
Brig. Gen. Joseph R. Davis
Brig. Gen. John R. Cooke
Brig. Gen. Birkett D. Fry
Brig. Gen. William W. Kirkland
Brig. Gen. James H. Lane
Brig. Gen. Alfred M. Scales
Brig. Gen. Edward L. Thomas
Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Rosser
Brig. Gen. Matthew C. Butler
Brig. Gen. Lunsford L. Lomax
Brig. Gen. Williams C. Wickham
Brig. Gen. John R. Chambliss, Jr.
Brig. Gen. Pierce M. B. Young
Brig. Gen. Martin W. Gary
Brig. Gen. John Echols
Brig. Gen. Gabriel C. Wharton
Brig. Gen. James G. Martin
Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Clingham
Brig. Gen. Johnson Hagood
Brig. Gen. Alfred H. Colquitt
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Confederate Order of Battle
Cavalry Corps, Breckinridge's and Hoke's Divisions
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May 31 - June 12, 1864
Hanover County, near Mechanicsville, Virginia
Confederate Victory
National Park Service
Cold Harbor, Grant's Greatest Regret
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Battlefield Trust
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HistoryNet
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Library of Congress
Plan of Battle of Cold Harbor
Plan of the Battle of Cold Harbor, June 3rd
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Military Atlas
Map of Cold Harbor Battlefield
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Harper's Weekly
Articles
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Forces Engaged: 108,000 - 117,000
Killed: 1,845
Wounded: 9,077
Captured or Missing: 1,816
Total Casualties: 12,738
Union Officers
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Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren
Maj. Gen. Horatio G. Wright
Maj. Gen. Thomas L. Crittenden
Brig. Gen. Seth Williams
Brig. Gen. Rufus Ingalls
Brig. Gen. Marsena R. Patrick
Brig. Gen. Francis C. Barlow
Brig. Gen. John Gibbon
Brig. Gen. Byron R. Pierce
Brig. Gen. Joshua T. Owen
Brig. Gen. Robert O. Tyler
Brig. Gen. Gershom Mott
Brig. Gen. Charles Griffin
Brig. Gen. Romeyn B. Ayres
Brig. Gen. Joseph J. Bartlett
Brig. Gen. Henry H. Lockwood
Brig. Gen. Samuel W. Crawford
Brig. Gen. Lysander Cutler
Brig. Gen. David A. Russell
Brig. gen. Emory Upton
Brig. Gen. Henry L. Eustis
Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Neill
Brig. Gen. Frank Wheaton
Brig. Gen. Lewis A. Grant
Brig. Gen. James B. Ricketts
Brig. Gen. James H. Ledlie
Brig. Gen. Robert B. Potter
Brig. Gen. Simon G. Griffin
Brig. Gen. Orlando B. Willcox
Brig. Gen. Edward Ferrero
Brig. Gen. Alfred T. A. Torbert
Brig. Gen. George A. Custer
Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt
Brig. Gen. David McM. Gregg
Brig. Gen. Henry E. Davies, Jr.
Brig. Gen. James H. Wilson
Brig. Gen. Henry J. Hunt
Brig. Gen. William T. H. Brooks
Brig. Gen. Gilman Marston
Brig. Gen. Hiram Burnham
Brig. Gen. John H. Martindale
Brig. Gen. George J. Stannard
Brig. Gen. Charles Devens, Jr.
Brig. Gen. Adelbert Ames
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Union Order of Battle
May 31 - June 5, 1864
June 6 - 12, 1864
The big difference between the Order of Battle is the Brigade Commanders in Maj. Gen. Warren's command
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Union Official Records
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Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 162-165
Commager, Henry Steele. The Blue and The Grey. New York: Fairfax Press, 1982. p 1000-1002
Davis, George B., Leslie J. Perry and Joseph W. Kirkley, Eds. The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War. Washington:
Government Printing Office, 1891-1895. New York: Barnes & Noble, 2003. Plates 63-8, 74-1, 81-3, 94-5, 97-2
Early, Jubal Anderson. Autobiographical Sketch and Narrative of the War Between the States. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott,
1912. p 361-363, 371-372
Eggleston, George Cary. "Notes on Cold Harbor." Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Vol 4 - Part 1. New York: The Century
Co. 1884-1887. National Historical Society. 2006. p 230-232
Foote, Shelby. The Civil War Narrative Red River to Appomattox. New York: Vintage Books, 1986. p 281-299
Gottfried, Bradley M. The Maps of Spotsylvania Court House through Cold Harbor. El Dorado Hills, CA.: Savas Beatie, 2023.
p 236-268
Grant, Ulysses S. Personal Memoirs. New York: The Modern Library, 1999. p 458-460, 462
Hotchkiss, Jed. Virginia. Atlanta: Confederate Publishing, 1899. National Historical Society, 2008. p 463-475
Jaynes, Gregory. The Killing Ground Wilderness to Cold Harbor. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1986. p 151-167
McMahon, Martin T. "Cold Harbor." Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Vol 4 - Part 1. New York: The Century Co. 1884-1887.
National Historical Society, 2006. p 213-220
Porter, Horace. Campaigning with Grant. New York: The Century Co., 1897. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life, 1985. p 155-184
Smith, Wm. Farrar. "The Eighteenth Corps at Cold Harbor." Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Vol 4 - Part 1. New York: The
Century Co. 1884-1887. National Historical Society. 2006. p 221-229
Stanley, Steven. Battle Maps of the Civil War The Eastern Theater. Princeton, NJ: Knox Press, 2020. p 77-79
Swinton, William. Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac. Secaucus, NJ: Blue & Grey Press, 1988. p 481-489
Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964.
------------------- Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge, Louisiana State, 1992.
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