Cold Harbor • Tour the Battlefield • Monuments & Markers • The Armies
The “Those People Stand No Chance” wayside marker the eleventh marker along the Cold Harbor primary walking trail.
The view looks south along the Confederate entrenchments on the low ridge north of the Visitor Center.
Text from the marker:
Those People Stand No Chance
From this dominating position, Confederates of Major General Robert Hoke’s Division, easily repulsed part of the famous June 3 assault. For the South Carolinians holding this line, the battle ended before they knew a serious charge had been made.
[I was] situated near the centre of the line along which this murderous repulse was given, and awake and vigilant of the progress of events, [and] was not aware at any time of any serious assault having been given.
Johnson Hagood, Confederate Officer
By the summer of 1864 construction of earthen defenses had become a refined science. This section of well preserved fortifications lacks only the “header log” through which the soldiers fired.
Location of the marker
The marker is the eleventh along the Cold Harbor primary walking trail. (37°35’15.5″N 77°17’17.7″W) It is just a few steps betound the previous marker, “Bayonets Are For Digging”.