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What problems did both sides face during the Civil War?
Poverty and poor relief, especially in times of acute food shortages, were major challenges facing Virginia and Confederate authorities during the American Civil War (1861–1865).
What happened in the Cold Harbor battle?
Battle of Cold Harbor, (May 31–June 12, 1864), disastrous defeat for the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–65) that caused some 18,000 casualties. The result was Lee’s last major victory of the war and a bloodbath for the Union army.
What was Gen Grant’s major mistake at the Battle of Cold Harbor and who took advantage of that mistake?
Grant makes what he later recognizes to be his greatest mistake by ordering a frontal assault on entrenched Confederates at Cold Harbor, Virginia. The result was some 7,000 Union casualties in less than an hour of fighting.
What problems did the South face after the Civil War?
The most difficult task confronting many Southerners during Reconstruction was devising a new system of labor to replace the shattered world of slavery. The economic lives of planters, former slaves, and nonslaveholding whites, were transformed after the Civil War.
Who won the battle of Cold Harbor in the Civil War?
Robert E. Lee’s
The Battle of Cold Harbor in June of 1864 was Robert E. Lee’s last great victory of the Civil War. Outnumbered almost two to one, his entrenched veterans caused massive losses in Grant’s army.
Where was Cold Harbor in the Civil War?
Mechanicsville
Hanover County
Battle of Cold Harbor/Location
What battle was the union’s biggest mistake?
Grant’s Overland Campaign, and is remembered as one of American history’s bloodiest, most lopsided battles. Thousands of Union soldiers were killed or wounded in a hopeless frontal assault against the fortified positions of Confederate Gen….Battle of Cold Harbor.
| Date | May 31 – June 12, 1864 |
|---|---|
| Result | Confederate victory |
How much damage did the Northern troops do to the South during Sherman’s March to the Sea?
Sherman’s decisive victories are thought to have assured Abraham Lincoln’s reelection as president. The soldiers who went out to forage for food for the army were called “bummers”. Sherman estimated that his army did $100m in damage and that’s in 1864 dollars!