Please join us for a Chambersburg Civil War Seminars & Tours Lecture Series! Our next lecture will be:  HISTORYtalks: Six Days of Awful Fighting: Cavalry on the Roads to Cold Harbor by Eric Wittenberg:  Cost is $5 per person. Zoom Login details will be sent with your email registration confirmation.

Most students of the American Civil War know about the terrible fighting that occurred at Cold Harbor in Hanover County, Virginia, from June 1–3, 1864. However, few know about the severe cavalry fighting leading up to the battle of Cold Harbor. From May 27 to June 1, the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac and the Cavalry Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia slugged it out at places like Hanovertown, Haw’s Shop, Matadequin Creek, Hanover Court House, Ashland, and, finally, Cold Harbor itself, setting the stage for the well-known infantry battle that broke out on the afternoon…