The Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse
Fighting at the Muleshoe Salient focused on a slight turn in the Confederate earthworks, to your right-front, known as the "Bloody Angle." The Angle occupied a small knoll that commanded adjacent parts of the Confederate line. Whoever controlled the knoll controlled the Salient. For 22 hours Union and Confederate soldiers vied for possession of the Angle, firing across the works or engaging one another in grim, hand-to-hand combat.HM Number | HM191G |
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Placed By | Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 at 7:43pm PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 272334 N 4233831 |
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Decimal Degrees | 38.22368333, -77.60078333 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 38° 13.421', W 77° 36.047' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 38° 13' 25.26" N, 77° 36' 2.82" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 540 |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 200-204 Grant Dr, Spotsylvania VA 22553, US |
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