History in 3rd Jun

Politician Jefferson Davis is born in Christian County, Kentucky. The future president of the Confederate States of America attended West Point, served in the U.S. Army, and represented Mississippi in both the House of Representatives and U.S. Senate before resigning from the Senate following Mississippi's secession from the Union.

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The heaviest fighting of the Battle of Cold Harbor takes place as Union forces unsuccessfully attack the Confederates in Hanover County, Virginia. General Ulysses S. Grant later stated in his memoirs that he regrets ordering the Union attacks and was dismayed at their ineffectiveness and high loss-of-life.