Battle Of Spotsylvania - Spotsylvania Courthouse VA
N 38° 12.089 W 077° 35.331
18S E 273310 N 4231338
A stone monument with plaque commemorates the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.
Waymark Code: WMBK3H
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 05/28/2011
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In front of the Spotsylvania County Courthouse, a stone monument stands on the brick sidewalk with a bronze plaque that reads:
BATTLE OF SPOTSYLVANIA
MAY 12 -18, 1864, BETWEEN THE ARMIES OF
LEE AND GRANT IS UNMATCHED FOR ITS
DISPLAY OF UNYIELDING HEROISM AND
DEVOTION TO DUTY AND PRINCIPLE.
HERE THOUSANDS OF VALOROUS MEN
FIGHTING WITH BAYONETS AND CLUBBED MUSKETS
WROTE THEIR IMPERISHABLE EPITAPH.
- ERECTED BY THE -
FREDERICKSBURG AND SPOTSYLVANIA CHAPTERS, U.D.C.
- 1927 -
It was on this same road in front of the courthouse, that Union Gen. U. S. Grant marched his troops to Spotsylvania Court House
where the battle was fought. (See Spotsylvania Court House
for archival photos and more info.)
Grant had hoped to win a clear victory to bring the War to an end, but the Confederate army under Gen. R. E. Lee fought back hard and prevented defeat. Losses were heavy on both sides, particularly at the Bloody Angle where the longest hand-to-hand combat of the Civil War took place.