Richmond Battlefields Association snaps up Cold Harbor parcel

摘要

To history buffs, nothing may be more heart-stopping than a "For Sale" sign on a Civil War site-but that is exactly what was posted recently on part of the Cold Harbor battlefield outside Richmond. Within 48 hours of spotting the sign, however, the nonprofit Richmond Battlefields Association had purchased the 11-acre parcel, saving it from possible development. Featuring some of the fiercest and bloodiest assaults of the war, the primary batdes of Cold Harbor occurred in early June 1864. The battle is famous for being the last major Confederate victory of the war-and for the slaughter of thousands of Union soldiers in mere minutes.