Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A locality in eastern Virginia northeast of Richmond. Confederate forces defeated Union troops here in two Civil War battles (1862 and 1864).
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An inn.
- noun A protection at a wayside for travelers who are benighted or benumbed with cold.
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Examples
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D'ye remember that old place he calls Cold Harbor?
Masters of the Guild L. Lamprey 1910
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Leaving immediately after the battle of Cold Harbor, that is, on June 7th, he was back again in Washington on June 22d, and in Petersburg, June 26th.
Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman William Elliot Griffis 1885
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It is ironic, however, that the infantry, hurled by Grant against the works of Cold Harbor and so many other deadly entrenchments, should be somewhat overshadowed here.
A Great Bronze Tarnished by Neglect Michael F. Bishop 2011
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Meanwhile I had occupied Old Church and pushed pickets down toward Cold Harbor.
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As soon as I had taken position at Old Church my pickets were pushed out in the direction of Cold Harbor, and the fact that the enemy was holding that point in some force was clearly ascertained.
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He finally got it at the battle of Cold Harbor in June 1864, when he was brevetted to lieutenant colonel and given charge of the Second Connecticut Volunteer Artillery.
EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON S. C. Gwynne 2010
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Lee wished to hold this ground while he manoeuvred his army to the line of the Tolopotomy, where he could cover the roads to Richmond, while Grant, though first sending me out merely to discover by a strong reconnoissance the movements of the enemy, saw the value of the place to cover his new base at the White House, and also to give us possession of a direct road to Cold Harbor.
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It has been ascertained since that Meade's conclusions were correct in so far as they related to the enemy's infantry; but the five cavalry brigades far outnumbered my three, and it is to be regretted that so much was risked in holding a point that commanded the roads to Cold Harbor and Meadow bridge, when there was at hand a preponderating number of Union troops which might have been put into action.
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My uneasiness increased as the day grew late, for I had learned from prisoners that the balance of Hoke's division was en route to Cold Harbor, and Kershaw near at hand, interposing between the Union left near Bethesda Church and my position.
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No time was to be lost, therefore, if the advantages which possession of Cold Harbor gave us were to be improved, so at the same hour that Meade ordered me to hold the place at all hazards the Sixth Corps was started on a forced march, by Grant's directions, to aid in that object, and on arrival to relieve my cavalry.
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