And now look to the sun and the rain and the clouds which is part of american history. Cold harbor is the final battle which took place in the spring of 1864 with robert e. Lee. And going into the north river than finally northeast of richmond between the rivers. May 26 the armies would face each other for several days and clashed but finally fighting on the outskirts of the army between the calgary both turned their attention. May 31st and june 1st both sides would rush. But there is nothing specialady about cold harbj itself. One year some seriousness of all i have seen the first sight of cold harbor was the most dear. Open plains and trampled plots in to assess sides. Sahara intensified in driscoll of cold harbor for. It was important for one road to the east the armys name supplied and to the west to the confederate capital of richmond. Probably because it was the last battle of the campaign wide encapsulates a decent characteristic of that campaign. From the deepest perspective we begin to see warfare by the confederate army. It began in pennsylvania but in the past the confederates were able to take advantage of natural terrain. To become antietam or the sunken road of the stone wall in fredericksburg. But then to find he is outnumbered. He sets to work building massive hill fortification. That is part of the enchantment and trenches we would see enrolled for one but the execution is simple. To stand shoulder to shoulder in one line facing an uncertain direction throwing up purse. All the trees in the area are chopped down for about 6 inches to protect the soldier. Out in front between 10 and 15 yards of chopped down trees and branches sharpened and use as further protection against the army army. Every tanner 15 feet they would build more trenches. And as impressive as they were there were more impressive to the Union Soldiers who had died encountered anything like this during the war fair in virginia. So the confederates improvised. They are attacking in the traditional senior tactical brigade. Literally suicidal. He decides on a daring plan and that rather than sending his men across the open end peeled then close on the confederate line, he decides he will send them in a tight and compact formation. They will cross the open field, every second federal space without stopping fire. In essence it works. But unfortunately they cannot exploit the breakthrough and he is driven back. But it is tried again to days later instead of using the 5,000 men he decides to use 20,000 and cut a hole in the confederate lines but it is unsupported and they are driven back. This tactic is the unofficial tactic to attack but its on june 1st in do have the time. He decides to form the two lines of verse to go forward and attack the confederate position of the first line is successful the second would move up to still preach from the first is the first is stymied then the second will push up one at a time, one regiment at a time. To allow the federalist to move up over the confederates. June 1st they attack. There is so much success the federals over the first confederate work. But it is not the same results two days later. What i spoke about earlier with cold harbor talks about the failure of the assault that takes place june june 3, 1864. Grand plans was the army he wide assault to take place 4 30 a. M. And that morning the union lines were moved forward in the effort to break the confederate line to open the way to a confederate capital at richmond. One soldier recalled as soon as a skirmish was engaged the artillery opened. And then under a deal artillery in the wild there repress rapidly across the space between the high style wines in the whole union forces were simultaneous but that was too strong and the rebel forces to numerous. Less the grand result the grand assaults and it failed. The rebels turned back the grand attacking one hours time. And by the early afternoon the federal said decided to suspend any further offensive operations. But this failure is tied to the man who ordered the attack ulysses s. Grant. Unfortunately today we tend to view grant at cold harbor. He cast a long shadow. Perhaps what makes the day that more devastating is there was so much hope with the union high command for success. Even today we could approach situations with optimism only to see our expectations dash and this is what happened to grant at cold harbor. It was based upon of rationalization after analysis of the events. Over the course of the last week granted had even written to his superiors in washington that lees army was raised to. But fighting victory is at the bethesda church, the issue was added to gramms optimism. And that optimism you have universal success is what led grant to watch the assault todays later. Then he would famously rights i have always regretted the the assault was made and it did not compare to the heavy loss we sustained. This statement continued to cast the pall over of Grand Prairie and casualtys suffered on june 3rd at around 7,000. Many even said these men fell in the first 10 or 20 minutes. Every hour youll never know how many. But 7,000 figure more closely resembles the june 1st and june 30th attacks and has suffered somewhere around 4,000 casualties. This number is part of the favorite assaults of the war. Property these rings around those that had the battle of franklin in november 1864. But still the image of cree and the butcher has endured. They argue that it was a mistake the federalist were exhausted and of the confederates were well entrenched. Grant has been come to be viewed through the lens of cold harbor but we forget about his triumphs early 1860s you to kick open the western border in northwestern tennessee. Also gone the execution of his brilliant strategy during the campaign and chattanooga and the fall 1863. It should be all the time not just during of few hours on june 3rd, 1864 north the same time should we put a brand on of pedestal. Human flesh and blood with flaws. However what is undeniable about grant and then to make it a disappointment or a few days. Using it as a stepping stone pretty soon the sites for the southwest the rail junction of petersburg the confederate capital is attacking lees army in the open field they would attack was logistics. As for me cold harbor was a tactical victory despite the hits this sustained through the first week of june june 1864, he could hold his army together. Leadership and the endurance of the men that he led. The herring that granted minister does nothing like the confederates had seen before but they were worn down and the ability were reduced the capability was reduced to a stand of prolonged attack that is coming in the next two weeks after the fighting ended at cold harbor. Now i will pass it over to use. Thank you mr. Davis. So to talk about what is the battle of cold harbor . Today it is one of the great quotations recently by historians from a lieutenantcolonel from ulysses grant. And he said as they came here making preparations for the next mornings assault many had taken off their coats and seem to be engaged with the holes in them but with a further examination found out they were writing their names and addresses science books of paper pinning them on the backs of their coats so the dead bodies may be recognized. This fact to pin their names to the jacket is not exclusive to cold harbor but this comes to add to what was missed. The one simple fact cannot be ignored that they would break loose and that was the battle of cold harbor. June 2nd anjous third to take the few minutes to hear the tick all might of soldiers cutting down trees to strengthen in some comrades last at the constant sound of axes streaking would. Would but they were planning to cut down 10,000 men not trees. That was the battle of cold harbor. Ys
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