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.
Conditions in the North were little better. One of the worst of the Union camps was Ft. Delaware, located on an island about 14 miles south of Wilmington. The filth and vermin in the damp fortress prison encouraged a high death rate.