Also Known As First Cold Harbor

"Where two battlefields meet.  Around this crossroads is bloody ground.  To the right is the Field of Gaines' Mill on First Cold Harbor fought June 27, 1862, with 14,800 casualties.  To the Left is Second Cold Harbor, near which 17,000 fell, May 30-June 12, 1864."

New Cold Harbor Tavern

"Some Confederates called the 1862 battle "Cold Harbor" because the center of their line was at New Cold Harbor Tavern, shown in this sketch drawn in 1865 by Lt. Sneden.  Robert E. Lee watched most of the battle from the yard of the tavern, which stood less than a mile north of here.  Old Cold Harbor Tavern marked the far east end of the battlefield, nearly two miles from here.  Most references to the Battle of Cold Harbor pertain to the June 1864 battle that was fought over this same ground.  These rare images are provided courtesy of the Virginia Historical Society."

Ruins of Gaines Mill

"The battle fought here on June 27, 1862, goes by several names.  It most commonly is called the Battle of Gaines' Mill.  The actual grist mill from which the battle took its name stood more than a mile northwest of here and was destroyed in 1864 by Union cavalry as shown in this sketch by Lt. Robert Sneden of the 40th New York infantry."

The Seven Days  Day 3:Gaines' Mill  

"Fitz John Porter holds the ridge until nightfall, buying time for McClellan, who has started the Union Army for Harrison's Landing."

Watt House pictured below.  "The Watt House  Gaines Mill Battlefield.  Entrenched in three lines on this plateau, the right wing of McClellan's army withdrawn from Beaver Dam Creek, resisted confederate attacks on June 27, 1862 until driven back at nightfall by a general assault."

Picture taken at Gaines Mill Battlefield by Julie Youde