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On June 1, 1864, following the battles at Spotsylvania, General Grant launched a fierce assault at Cold Harbor, Virginia, against the well entrenched and fortified Confederate forces under General Lee. From June 1 - 3 the Union forces repeatedly assaulted the enemy in an action Grant later admitted was an ill-advised offensive that cost him 13,000 casualties as compared to only 1,700 enemy casualties. On the first day of the battle at Cold Harbor, Colonel Guy Henry led the assaults of his brigade against the enemy's works, despite having his horse shot out from under him two times. He was one of eight men awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism on the first day of battle. |
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Graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point, Class of May, 1861. |
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