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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SR_matthew-fontaine-maury_Spotsylvania-VA.html
Near this spot was bornMatthew Fontaine1806 Maury 1873——Pathfinder of the seasAuthor of physical geography of the seaFounder of the science of meteorologyFirst to conceive the idea of an Atlantic CableUnder his direction the first ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SL_todds-tavern_Spotsylvania-VA.html
On May 7, 1864, Union Gen. George Meade ordered his chief of cavalry, Gen. Philip Sheridan, to clear the road to Spotsylvania. Barring the way was a division of Confederate cavalry commanded by Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, posted here at Todd's Tavern. Sher…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SK_todds-tavern_Spotsylvania-VA.html
En route to Spotsylvania, Union Gens. U.S. Grant and George Meade halted at Todd's Tavern, a country inn that once occupied this site. Finding all the beds taken, the generals stretched out to rest on the dirt floor. In the morning, a military ban…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SI_todds-tavern_Spotsylvania-VA.html
After two days on inconclusive fighting in the Wilderness, Union Gen. U.S. Grant determined to push on to Spotsylvania Court House, ten miles south. Possession of the roads near Spotsylvania would give the Army of the Potomac the inside track, for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SE_jackson-on-the-move_Spotsylvania-VA.html
About 10 a.m. on May 2, 1863, Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's flanking column approached this then-cleared ridge on the Furnace Road. Union infantrymen perched in trees at Hazel Grove, three-quarters of a mile to the northwest,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SD_about-a-mile-in-the-distance_Spotsylvania-VA.html
About a mile in the distance, beyond the vista cut through the trees, you can see modern buildings on high ground which at the time of the battle of Chancellorsville was called Hazel Grove. When "Stonewall" Jackson began his famous flank march ear…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SB_bivouac_Spotsylvania-VA.html
BivouacLee and JacksonNight ofMay 1, 1863.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S9_a-bold-plan_Spotsylvania-VA.html
Here, on the evening of May 1, 1863, Generals Robert E. Lee and "Stonewall" Jackson hatched one of the boldest schemes in military history. Hunched over maps beside a small fire, the two generals plotted how to destroy the Union army, now entrench…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RN_final-meeting-fateful-march_Spotsylvania-VA.html
To reach the Union army's right flank, Jackson would have to march his corps twelve miles over narrow, unpaved roads. The general hoped to have his men moving by dawn on May 2, but he got an unusually late start. It was past 7 a.m. before his troo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RK_chancellorsville-campaign_Spotsylvania-VA.html
Just ahead is the crossing of the Orange Plank Road, a mid-nineteenth century trade route from the mountains to the navigable Rappahannock at Fredericksburg. Loaded wagons had the right-of-way on the planking, which covered half the roadbed. Succe…