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Postscript: Colonel Peter A. Porter at Cold Harbor

By Douglas W. DeCroix - April 30, 2018

Colonel Porter's death at the Battle of Cold Harbor was tragic, but the reactions of some of the survivors of his regiment was equally inspiring. 

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