At the Adams Farm -- Cold Harbor (VA) June 2012 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
At the Adams Farm -- Cold Harbor (VA) June 2012 / Ron Cogswell
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| 説明 | The Adams Farm occupies the core of the Cold Harbor battlefield east of Richmond (VA).Cold Harbor was fought from May 31 to June 12, 1864 (with the most significant fighting occurring on June 3).It was one of the final battles of Union General Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign during the American Civil War.It is remembered as one of American history's bloodiest and most lopsided battles where thousands of Union soldiers were killed or wounded in a hopeless frontal assault against the well-fortified positions of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's army.In particular, at dawn on June 3, three Union corps attacked the fortifications on the southern end of the Confederate line (where the Adams Farm is located), and were easily repulsed with heavy casualties. Attempts to assault on the northern end of the line and to resume the assaults on the southern were likewise unsuccessful.Grant said of Cold Harbor in his memoirs, "I have always regretted that the last assault at Cold Harbor [on June 3] was ever made. ... No advantage whatever was gained to compensate for the heavy loss we sustained." The armies continued to confront each other until the night of June 12, when Grant again advanced by his left flank, marching to the James River, crossing it, and beginning an almost 10-month period of trench warfare around the cities of Petersburg and Richmond.Image by Ron Cogswell on June 6, 2012, using a Pentax Optio A10 and a Photoshop panorama effect.www.civilwar.org |
| 撮影日 | 2012-06-06 16:21:17 |
| 撮影者 | Ron Cogswell , Arlington, Virginia, USA |
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| 撮影地 | Old Cold Harbor, Virginia, United States 地図 |