assault at Cold Harbor

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battle
gptkbp:aftermath Union morale decline
criticism_of_Grant's_strategy
gptkbp:battle Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Battle of Cold Harbor (1862)
gptkbp:casualties over 12,000 Union soldiers
approximately 4,000 Confederate soldiers
gptkbp:celebrates memorials and monuments
gptkbp:climate rainy and muddy
gptkbp:combatants gptkb:Confederate_Army
gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkbp:date June 3, 1864
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Siege_of_Petersburg
gptkbp:future_plans break_Confederate_lines
gptkbp:historical_analysis debated by historians
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:John_B._Gordon
gptkb:George_Meade
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label assault at Cold Harbor
gptkbp:impact influenced future military tactics
gptkbp:landscape wooded area
gptkbp:legacy symbol of futility in war
gptkbp:location gptkb:Cold_Harbor,_Virginia
gptkbp:mediaAppearances depicted in literature
gptkbp:notable_event one of the bloodiest battles
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:precededBy Battle of North Anna
gptkbp:result Confederate_victory
gptkbp:significance high casualties
gptkbp:tactics frontal assault
entrenchment
gptkbp:type offensive operation