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After sparring along the Totopotomoy northeast of Richmond, Grant ordered Major General Philip Sheridan's cavalry to move south and capture the crossroads at Old Cold Harbor. Arriving near the intersection, the Union force ran into Major General Fitzhugh Lee's Confederate horsemen. A sharp contest ensued, soon joined by Confederate infantry under Brigadier General Thomas Clingman of Major General Robert Hoke's division. After a short battle, Union cavalry drove the Confederates beyond the crossroads. The Rebels then started digging new positions a half mile to the southwest.
https://www.nps.gov/rich/learn/historyculture/cold-harbor.htm
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/cold-harbor
https://www.thirteen.org/programs/ken-burns-the-civil-war/civil-war-battle-cold-harbor/
https://www.nps.gov/rich/learn/historyculture/cold-harbor.htm
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/cold-harbor
https://www.thirteen.org/programs/ken-burns-the-civil-war/civil-war-battle-cold-harbor/