What went wrong?

>Lee
There's your answer right there.

>>2692328
Goddamn Burnside.

>>2692328
Burnside seems like a terrible general. Am I wrong?

>>2692328
Attacking field fortifications head on with raw troops. What could possibly go wrong?

>>2692358
He was, although ironically, he did better than most at Cold Harbor, not that that's saying much.

>>2692358
even he thought he was...logistically he was good and by all accounts he was a total bro so they kept giving him jobs.

>be outnumbered
>split your army in two

Please explain to me how this is a good idea

>>2692574
Because you're desperate, and if you keep your forces too close together, the other guy, who as you mentioned outnumbers you by almost two to one, will just send a force almost as big as your entire army around your flank to smother you.

Why was the battle named Cold Harbor?

probably because the northern generals were in their position because of cronyism and tenure and not based on merit, and the southern generals were vastly superior because they were passionate and fighting for a righteous cause and had vastly higher iqs than anyone above the mason dixon line, most likely as a result of them being nigger lovers and having mixed dna.