Some of the most important unprotected battlefield land in the U.S., hundreds of critical acres at the site of both the Battle of Gaines’ Mill and the Battle of Cold Harbor, is saved forever. | American Battlefield Trust

Haunted Military Forts and Battlefields Series- Cold Harbor Battlefield. Haunted battlefields and chilling history! 😱👻 Did you know about the Cold Harbor Battlefield during the Civil War? This was Grant's last battle and it's still hauntingly reported today. Have you visited this site? Share your thoughts below! #HauntedBattlefields #ColdHarbor #CivilWarHistory #GhostlyEncounters #SpookyStories #HistoryBuff #SavageMom | Nathan Morris

The Battle of Cold Harbor (May 31-June 12, 1864) stands as one of the Civil War's most lopsided engagements. Near Richmond, Virginia, Union General Ulysses S. Grant ordered repeated frontal assaults against entrenched Confederate positions commanded by Robert E. Lee. On June 3, the main Union assault lasted less than an hour but cost approximately 7,000 casualties against Confederate losses of only 1,500. Grant's forces achieved nothing—no territorial gain, no tactical advantage. Exhausted from