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Tag Archives: 121st New York Infantry

From the ECW Archives: The Union Assault at Cold Harbor June 1, 1864

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Daniel Davis

All through the night of May 31 and into June 1, 1864, Horatio Wright’s VI Corps trudged along the dusty and choked Virginia byroads. They had been pulled from the Union right flank and ordered to march to reinforce and relieve … Continue reading →

Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Monuments, Personalities | Tagged 121st New York Infantry, 2d Connecticut Heavy Artillery, 5th Maine, 95th Pennsylvania, 96th Pennsylvania, column assault, Emory Upton, George G. Meade, Horatio Wright, Lee's Last Line, Mule Shoe Salient, North Anna River, Old Cold Harbor, Philip Sheridan, Richard Anderson, Spotsylvania, Theodore Lyman, VI Corps, William "Baldy" Smith, X Corps, XVIII Corps | 1 Comment
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