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(6-05) 36th Wisconsin Vol.
Inf.
This photo was taken on June 30, 2005 on Route 627 near the fork with
Route 643. Beware that Route 627 is a single lane road with heavy and fast
traffic. The monument is roughly half-way between the 1864 Overland
Campaign battles of Totopotomoy Creek and Bethesda Church. There is no
parking other than the driveway of the modern home next to which the
monument stands. The current National Park Service brochure for the
Richmond Battlefields includes this single monument to the 36th Wisconsin
Volunteer Infantry on its map
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(7-05) Cold Harbor National
Cemetery
This is a photo taken on July 1, 2005 of the outside wall of the Cold
Harbor National Cemetery from the Cold Harbor Road. The cemetery is on the
Cold Harbor Battlefield but is administered by the Veterans
Administration. The cemetery was established in 1866 and is 1.4 acres with
2110 interments. The address is 6038 Cold Harbor Road, Mechanicsville,
Virginia 23111. In the foreground of the photo is the small monument with
the name of the cemetery and in the background the Pennsylvania Monument
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Enlarge Cold Harbor National
Cemetery
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania erected this granite monument in 1909 in
the Cold Harbor National Cemetery. It lists all of the infantry, cavalry,
and artillery regiments from Pennsylvania involved at Cold Harbor
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Enlarge Cold Harbor National
Cemetery
This marble sarcophagus at Cold Harbor National Cemetery contains 889
unknown dead from burial trenches at Cold Harbor, Savage Station, Gaines
Mill, and Mechanicsville Battlefields around Richmond, Virginia. It is
only 5 feet high and was built in 1877 by the US Government.
Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant's quote comes to mind when going to the back
wall of the Cold Harbor National Cemetery to see the final resting place
of these unknowns, " I have always regretted that the last assault at
Cold Harbor was ever made... no advantage was gained to compensate for the
heavy loss we sustained."
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Bivouac of the Dead
