Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia, American Civil War capsule Day One at the Kennington

Day One at the Kennington Oval

Val di Diano

Full length studio portrait of William Cavendish standing with his left hand resting upon a chair back

Both of the woman are wearing the full skirt dresses of the day

Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia, American Civil War capsule Day One at the KenningtonBattle of Cold Harbor, Virginia, American Civil War, 3 June 1864. Union soldiers of Brigadier General John Gibbon's division of Major General Winfield S Hancock's II Corps, repelling an attack by Confederate General Robert E Lee's forces. The battle ended in a Confederate victory with the Union army suffering heavy casualties in frontal assaults against fortified Confederate positions.