Day #7 on my road trip was spent driving from North Carolina to Washington DC. Along my route were four Civil War battlefields.
Up first: Cold Harbor, 31 May 1864 – 12 June 1864.
Unlike my previous two battlefields, Gettysburg and Antietam, this battlefield was in the woods.
These are remnants of trenches used by soldiers in 1864. Like I said with the other battlefields, imagining what went on here back then is intense.
A canon outside the visitor center:
With the woods as a backdrop:
The several times I stopped and got out of my car to take some photos was very surreal. The weather this day was damp and dreary, and I was in the woods alone amongst only the sounds of nature. This setting coupled with the thought of the fighting and carnage that took place here was chilling. Very chilling.
My “America: F**k Yeah!” Road Trip:
- Conclusion
- Liberty State Park
- Trenton
- Philadelphia
- Fort McHenry
- Washington, DC (Part 2)
- Washington, DC (Part 1)
- Manassas Battlefield
- Fredericksburg Battlefield
- Chancellorsville Battlefield
- Cold Harbor Battlefield
- Topsail Island, NC
- Charlotte, NC
- Shenandoah National Park
- Antietam Battlefield
- Gettysburg Battlefield
- Intro
