What are the biggest myths surrounding the battle of Cold Harbor?

We talk with Mike Gorman, an historian and park ranger at Richmond National Battlefield Park about the many myths surrounding Cold Harbor. Did 3,000 men really die in one hour? Was Grant really a butcher?

Learn more about Mike’s work and RNBP at the following sites:
http://mdgorman.com/
http://www.nps.gov/rich/index.htm

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HAGER: Word by Word (2013)

Word By Word: Emancipation and the Act of Writing by Christopher Hager. Harvard University Press, 2013. Cloth, IBSN: 0674059867. $39.95. In Word by Word, Christopher Hager examines selected antebellum and wartime writings…