The Significant Preservation of Gaines’ Mill and Cold Harbor Battlefields
The Virginia land where two major battles took place – Gaines' Mill in 1862 and Cold Harbor in 1864 – contains the most important unprotected Civil War hallowed ground anywhere in America. Residential and commercial development is relentlessly rolling like a tidal wave outward from Richmond toward this hallowed ground.
We are truly “building a battlefield” at two major Richmond-area Civil War sites, by adding crucial pieces of the puzzle that will eventually result in a well-preserved battlefield.