Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
The Battle of Cold Harbor, near Richmond, Virginia, fought between May 31 and June 12, 1834, resulted in heavy Union losses and a Confederate victory.
Marshall Phillips of the 5th Maine Regiment, wrote to his wife on June 8 about a truce in the fighting that was called so both sides could bury their dead.
He wrote that most of the dead soldiers "had been laying between the two lines five days."
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About This Item
- Title: Marshall Phillips letter about Cold Harbor, 1864
- Creator: Marshall S. Phillips
- Creation Date: 1864-06-08
- Subject Date: 1864
- Location: VA
- Media: Pencil on paper
- Dimensions: 20.4 cm x 12.8 cm
- Local Code: Coll. S-166, Misc. Box 6/7
- Collection: Marshall S. Phillips correspondence
- Object Type: Text
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Cold Harbor, Battle of, Va., 1864
- Corpse removals--Virginia
- Dead--Virginia
- Letters
- Phillips family
- Phillips, Diannah--Correspondence
- Phillips, Marshall S., b. ca. 1822--Correspondence
- Shoemakers--Maine--Auburn
- Soldiers--United States
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
- United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1864)
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