Re: Starz v.s. Showtime. movie channels except for HBO (for original series) are a waste of money. They show the same movies over and over.
The Battle of Cold Harbor was a major defeat for the Union. The North suffered about 13,000 total casualties to the South's approximately 2,500. Morale was low; the troops were tired. Even Grant seemed depressed.
In 1864 when the H. L. Hunley sank the Union blockading ship USS Housatonic, the war was going poorly for the Confederacy. Union forces were slowly advancing on all fronts and the Confederate States were being squeezed into a smaller and smaller area of operations.