These died, that our Nation might live. We were driven from this field (Wilderness) before we could gather our wounded or bury our dead. This is the way we found the field covered when we returned some months later. Civil War Photograph Collection , Original negative is: LC-B811-916. Skeletons, 1860-1870, Battlefields, Virginia, Cold Harbor, 1860-1870, War casualties, Virginia, Cold Harbor, 1860-1870, Gaines' Mill, Battle of, Va, 1862, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Casualties, Virginia, Cold Harbor.

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