THE DAY IN HISTORY · JUNE 3
June 3 in history
What happened on June 3: 1 moment from the Maps of History atlases, in 1864, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Battle of Cold Harbor
3 Jun 1864 — A frontal assault against entrenchments costs several thousand men in under an hour. Grant later said this was the attack he most regretted. The armies move south to Petersburg and dig in, creating a trench war that anticipates the Western Front fifty years later.
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