"The Battle of Cold Harbor (31 May to 12 June 1864) was the final major engagement of the Overland Campaign, the large-scale Union offensive into Virginia in the final year of the American Civil War (1861-1865). It marked a devastating defeat for the Union Army of the Potomac, which lost around 7,000 men in just 20 minutes during an assault on 3 June."
"The battle also saw the transition from the swift maneuverings and bloody battles of the Overland Campaign to the static trench warfare that would characterize the final phase of the war, at the Siege of Petersburg (June 1864 to April 1865). Background: If It Takes All Summer At the end of May 1864, as the white flowers blossomed on the dogwood trees,"
The Battle of Cold Harbor (31 May–12 June 1864) was the final major engagement of the Overland Campaign and ended in a devastating Union defeat. The Union Army of the Potomac lost around 7,000 men in roughly 20 minutes during the failed assault on 3 June. The engagement marked the transition from aggressive maneuver and bloody open-field battles to static trench warfare that would define the Siege of Petersburg. The Overland Campaign had already exacted terrible losses, including about 50,000 casualties from earlier actions such as the Wilderness and Spotsylvania, with brutal fighting at places like the Bloody Angle.
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