Ramseur's Brigade - Spotsylvania Court House VA
N 38° 13.232 W 077° 36.104
18S E 272242 N 4233484
Brig. Gen. Ramseur and his NC Brigade successfully counterattacked Union forces at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, VA and regained control of the Confederate line.
Waymark Code: WM94J2
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 06/27/2010
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Up on a ridge about 500' away from the site of the McCoull House on the Spotsylvania Court House Battlefield in VA, there is a lone monument. Made of granite and bearing the Confederate emblem, the inscription reads:
RAMSEUR'S BRIGADE
2ND NORTH CAROLINA STATE TROOPS 4TH NORTH CAROLINA STATE TROOPS
COL WILLIAM R COX COL BRYAN GRIMES
14TH NORTH CAROLINA STATE TROOPS 30TH NORTH CAROLINA STATE TROOPS
COL R TYLER BENNETT COL FRANCIS M PARKER
AT DAWN, MAY 12, 1864, UNION TROOPS OVERWHELMED MAJ GEN EDWARD JOHNSON'S DIVISION AT THE MULESHOE SALIENT. BRIG GEN STEPHEN DODSON RAMSEUR'S NORTH CAROLINA BRIGADE COUNTERATTACKED ACROSS THESE EARTHWORKS AND BY 7:30 A.M. REGAINED THE PORTION OF THE SALIENT OPPOSITE THIS POINT. FOR THE NEXT TWENTY HOURS RAMSEUR'S MEN HELD THEIR GROUND IN THE FACE OF DETERMINED UNION ASSAULTS. THE NORTH CAROLINIANS THEN WITHDREW TO A NEW DEFENSIVE LINE ONE-HALF MILE TO THE REAR. THIS GALLANT STAND HELPED THWART THE UNION ADVANCE AND SAVED LEE'S ARMY FROM DISASTER.
DEO VINDICE
ERECTED BY THE 30TH N.C. TROOPS (REACTIVATED) CHARLOTTE N.C.
SEPT 2001
The North Carolina troops distinguished themselves with their successful counterattacks against the Union army and earned Ramseur a promotion to major general.
The Spotsylvania Court House Battlefield is part of the Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park. The Park and battlefields are open daily dawn to dusk. There is no admission.