Cole stands in unsafe, Confederate canon range at the Cold Harbor Battlefield.

Today, I visited my first battlefield. I really didn't have any expectations other than I didn't want any ghost soliders touring with us. Thankfully, that didn't happen. Instead, we first stopped at the Battle of Cold Harbor. It's down the road near Mechanicsville, Va., in Hanover County, kind of near Richmond. Inside the tiny information building, we gazed at some Civil War images and watched dots fight it out on a display map.

Then we went for a walk around the field and forest where the trenches were dug, the shells were fired and the Confederates won. Or so Cole tells me. My knowledge of historic matters is pretty low.

We walked about a mile in Civil War history. After that, we looped around in the car to see the rest of the sights.

The Confederate soliders built up fences and trenches to protect themselves from fire.

The Union had the same idea.

Here is a good side view of what remains of the trenches.

After that battlefield, we drove down the road to Gaines's Mill, which was part of the larger Seven Days' Battle. During this battle on July 27, 1862, more than 2,000 people died and the Confederates took this as a victory as well.

More war information and walking instructions.

Cole did most of the sign reading and pointed out the locations of events, such as the berak through the Union line.

Cole counted tree rings to see if these trees saw the war. This big one that has since been cut down might have been a sapling at the time.

Of course, more canon pictures.

I preferred the fence.

After our battlefield adventures, we went to see the statues in Richmond honoring the Confederates who boldly and bravely fought. These statues were put up in the 1900s in their honor.

Jefferson Davis was the only President of the Confederate States of America.

Each statue, such as this one of Jefferson Davis, stands in the middle of a roundabout.

HIs hands says hello.

Cole stands with the commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the Civil War, Robert E. Lee.

Robert E. Lee rides on his horse, Traveller.

Jeb Stuart was a Confederate calvary commender in the Civil War.

Each statues was on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va. This area was lined with lots of big, old and interesting houses. Plus, tons of squirrels.

We also found this great street to live on.

After all that, we still didn't make it to everything on our list for Richmond, so we will just have to go back soon.

Another great part of the day, but it was not historical or violent. It's a purple vanilla Slurpee from 7-Eleven.