Even with those odds Lee could not afford the losses.
So much history on the DC to Richmond corridor.
I never pass Chickahominy River without thinking of that bloody battle and wondering how many dead are still lost in the marshes.
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1862/july/battle-chickahominy.htm
Nevertheless, Grant was, IMHO, the one, non de script, nobody of a man who came along in just the right place, at just the right time in our history to save the nation.
Not one word of thanks from BLM and obama?
And the meat grinder war rolled on with no end in sight.
Freeman’s book Lee’s Lieutenants is instructive. Lee grew short of officers. That was a huge element in the post-Gettysburg decline.
To anyone passing by on US Rte. 295 going to or from Florida, taking a break there to stop by and look over the battle site is worthwhile. The marks of the conflict are still there. Awesome.
A certain demographic will never STFU about how much they matter when 10,000 Americans would die in one day so that the skin color obsessed of today have the voice to disparage the honor of those who fought to free slaves.
I used to live practically on the Cold Harbor battlefield. My home would have been behind the Confederate lines. Took my son (who at the time was 5) and walk the battlefield. Was there for the 125th anniversary and reenactment. They say you couldn’t walk there and not step on a dead soldier. It was a sobering experience.
I’ve often thought Meade should have pursued Lee at the end of the third day at Gettysburg. But that’s just my opinion.
I’m not sure what it is about Cold Harbor but there is evidence that the Union casualty rate has been badly inflated. The usual estimate is about 12,000 killed, wounded, and missing but Gordon Rhea, who is on his fifth book detailing the Overland Campaign, has come up with a much lower casualty list that is about a third of that.
I walked this battlefield 2 years ago in July. It was quiet and maybe one other car there. The only sound was that of birds.
It was very powerful being there knowing what happened on that piece of ground.
Following General Grant’s instructions,-hick up.
Agreed. Trump was and is exactly that man we needed, at exactly the right time. Could any other person, let alone a political newcomer with a big mouth, have defeated the Hildebeast? And this despite massive vote fraud, FBI skulduggery and a toxic media, to name but a few of the bumps in the road to Washington?
Anybody who can’t see the Hand of God in all this just isn’t looking.