THE NEW YORK TIMES from New York, NY and dated June 2, 1864.

* Battle of the Wilderness
* General Robert E. Lee
* General Ulysses S. Grant
* Union Deafeat at the Battle of Cold Harbor 

This 8 page newspaper is in nice condition due to the use of cotton and rag paper during this very historic time in U.S. history. This issue is loaded with advertisements and Civil War reports throughout from the day it was first reported which includes the following headlines: "GRANT'S ARMY" "The Fighting of Monday and Tuesday" "Hancock's and Warren's Operations" "The Rebels Make a Night Attack on Hancock" "The Brilliant Cavalry Battle of Saturday" "The Enemy Admit A Severe Defeat" "Gen. Sherman's Army" "Johnston Makes the Attack, but is Repulsed" "The Railroad in Our Possession Near Marietta" and much more.

Historical Background: The Battle of Cold Harbor, the final battle of Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign during the American Civil War, is remembered as one of American history's bloodiest, most lopsided battles. Thousands of Union soldiers were slaughtered in a hopeless frontal assault against the fortified troops of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Grant said of the battle in his memoirs "I have always regretted that the last assault at Cold Harbor was ever made. I might say the same thing of the assault of the 22d of May, 1863, at Vicksburg. At Cold Harbor no advantage whatever was gained to compensate for the heavy loss we sustained."

source: wikipedia