The Battle of Cold Harbor, June 3rd, 1864 (1 Viewer)

[Warrior]

George, just a superb display. I notice you even depict the Union heavy artillery regt being used as infantry. Cold Harbor was one of the few battlefields I passed by. Too painful to view the site of such carnage. Great work. Chris

Thanks for the feedback Chris, glad you like it.

Yes, Grant had so chewed through his troops by the time of Cold Harbor during the overland campaign that he drew on his reserves, the heavy artillerymen who were stationed at various forts and around the capital, they were thrown into the carnage of Cold Harbor.

I saw an episode of Civil War Journal about Cold Harbor and they showed the Confederate trenches that still exist to this day, this is where I got the idea to depict this battle.

Am traveling to Fredericksburg in July for a show, may try to get to Cold Harbor at some point if I can.

Thanks again for the comments............

 

[UKReb]

George

Yet another classic depiction with your magnificent little figures-And what a battle or should I say slaughter.

No doubt you know that so sure were Grant's troops that they would all be killed during those pointless charges that they wrote their names/regiments on pieces of cloth/paper and pinned them to their tunics so they weren't buried anonymously. Historians tell us this was a forerunner of the dog tags.

Grant earned himself the sobriquet of "butcher" for this battle and never was able to fully discard it.

Bob

 

[Warrior]

George

Yet another classic depiction with your magnificent little figures-And what a battle or should I say slaughter.

No doubt you know that so sure were Grant's troops that they would all be killed during those pointless charges that they wrote their names/regiments on pieces of cloth/paper and pinned them to their tunics so they weren't buried anonymously. Historians tell us this was a forerunner of the dog tags.

Grant earned himself the sobriquet of "butcher" for this battle and never was able to fully discard it.

Bob

Thanks Bob, I appreciate your comments and yes, it truly was a slaughter, actually the last battle in the east fought in this manner as from here on out, it was essentially trench warfare till the bitter end..............

 

[HAWKEYE]

Great display george, i was looking for that tarawa set up and stumbled on to this beauty. Thanks for the pics and bring on the scenic effects tarawa

 

[Warrior]

Great display george, i was looking for that tarawa set up and stumbled on to this beauty. Thanks for the pics and bring on the scenic effects tarawa

Thanks Greg, will be doing some WWII displays at some point..........

 

[TomNT]

Another fab display George, looking forward to seeing some WWII stuff!

Tom

 

[Warrior]

Another fab display George, looking forward to seeing some WWII stuff!

Tom

Thanks for the feedback Tom, I appreciate it, need to start sorting out my WWII stuff and figure out what I am going to do...........

 

[Bayern]

Cold Harbor took place as part of Grants Overland Campaign during May and June, 1864. During the early morning hours of June 3rd, 1864, Grant launched an attack on Lee's fortifications, there were seven miles of entrenchments from behind which Lee's men waited.

On the Union left flank, Barlow and Gibbons men stormed the Confederate positions held by Breckinridge, Mahone and Wilcox..................

GREAT as usual George!!!!

Ludwig

 

[Warrior]

GREAT as usual George!!!!

Ludwig

Thanks Ludwig, glad you like it, I like this one a lot........