Many are thought to have died of cold or hunger or in severe storms.
VOA: special.2010.03.02
They had died. The battle at Cold Harbor ended one month of fighting for the Army of the Potomac.
VOA: special.2009.11.26
During the same season as Bunting's army expedition, David Sharp, a 34-year-old British climber diedofcold, exhaustion and lack of oxygen on his descent from the summit.
But while state government officials remain tight-lipped about the possible death toll, according to local media reports and one national news agency, the United News of India, more than 120 people may have died as a result of the cold spell.