135th Grant vs Lee
In June of 1999 about nine thousand or so reenactors traveled to Virginia to reenact some of the battles which pitted Grant against Lee in the late spring and summer of 1864. Battles known as The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor were among the bloodiest, hardest fought battles of the war. The reenactment took place on the site of the largest cavalry battle in North America - Brandy Station.
All quiet in the Union camp
Pvt. Retallick of Utah (81st PA Co. B) holds the Mifflin Guard standard as Union troops get jammed up at a crossroad on the march to the Wilderness
Federal units march to the Wilderness
After becoming a casualty in the second set of Rebel trenches, I snapped the following photos of the "Mule Shoe" at Cold Harbor scenario.
Confederates pour out of the trenches to push the Federals back
The Confederate counter attack gets organized as the sun just breaks the ridge where the Union troops formed
Close fighting occurs while the Rebels attempt to retake the first breastworks
The fighting continues as the sun rises higher
Smoke fills the air as the fight rages
