NEW YORK HERALD, June 4, 1864  

* Battle of Cold Harbor
* Overland Campaign 

Among the front page column Civil War heads are: "GRANT ! " "Successful Advance of Gen. Burney's Division Against Breckinridge's Corps" "Retreat of the Rebels" "Capture of Fitzhugh Lee & 500 Rebel Cavalry" "SHERIDAN ! " "Gallant Achievement by the Cavalry Under Generals Torbert & Merritt" "The Rebel Cavalry Completely Routed" "Additional Details of the Conflict" "Capture of Rebel Prisoners" "General Wilson's Victory on the Right" "Engagement with the Rebel Batteries at Gaines' Landing" "Dardanelle Taken by the Rebel General Shelby" and more.
Page 8 has nice, war-related column heads also, on Sherman & Butler.
Included is the single sheet "Supplement" (advertisements).
Ten pages, great condition.

Background: This June 4, 1864, issue of the New York Herald captures a highly volatile moment in American history, serving as a real-time record of the catastrophic Overland Campaign and the Western theater operations that ultimately shaped the war's outcome. Published just twenty-four hours after the notoriously bloody Union assault at the Battle of Cold Harbor on June 3, the front page highlights the fierce tactical maneuvering of General David B. Birney's division against John C. Breckinridge's Confederate corps, as well as the vital cavalry actions of Philip Sheridan, Alfred Torbert, and Wesley Merritt in holding off Robert E. Lee's cavalry. The immense significance of these specific front-page events lies in their dual military and political weight: they reflect a grinding, high-casualty stalemate in Virginia that deeply chilled Northern morale, sparked widespread public anxiety over General Grant’s costly attrition tactics (Birmingham, 2015), and actively threatened President Abraham Lincoln’s prospects for re-election in the upcoming November vote. Concurrently, the peripheral coverage of the Western theater—including updates on General William T. Sherman’s preliminary operations heading toward Atlanta and Confederate General Jo Shelby’s bold cavalry raids at Dardanelle, Arkansas—underscores the massive, continental scale of the Union's synchronized 1864 strategic offensive (Bruscino, 2014). This specific publication essentially preserves the raw, anxious atmosphere of a nation balanced on a knife-edge, reporting on tactical actions that, while costly, successfully chained Lee's Army of Northern Virginia to the Richmond defenses and set the stage for the deep-south campaigns that would eventually force a Confederate surrender.