Cold Harbor

American  

noun

1. a locality in Virginia, NE of Richmond: Civil War battle in 1864.

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Example Sentences

It seemed whether or not Mark S. completed Cold Harbor would be the most important decision he would make, but those final minutes became a true test.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025

And Mark's work on "Cold Harbor," whatever its purpose, “is mysterious and important.”

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2025

Chernow even makes the case that the battle most associated with Grant’s murderous reputation, Cold Harbor, was a key part of a larger, strategically essential, and victorious campaign.

From Slate • Oct. 2, 2017

There’s one at Cold Harbor National Cemetery in Mechanicsville, Va., that’s made of stone, not brick.

From Washington Post • Jun. 25, 2016

The end of the war had appeared to be so near and now, after the horror of the Wilderness and Cold Harbor, there must be a siege of Petersburg.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt