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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6P8_spotsylvania-campaign_Spotsylvania-VA.html
May 12, 1864. In the large scale attack of this day, Warren's V Corps on the Federal right and Burnside's IX on the left engaged the Confederate forces facing them while Wright's VI moved to help Hancock. The seriousness of Lee's counterattack for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6P3_spotsylvania-campaign_Spotsylvania-VA.html
May 12, 1864. About 4:30 a.m. Hancock's Federal II Corps, in one of the greatest surprise attacks of the War, struck Ewell's Confederate Corps entrenched here. Advancing in a solid rectangular mass, the Federal troops overwhelmed the defenders. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6NJ_landram-farm_Spotsylvania-VA.html
These one hundred and sixty-two acres known as the Landram Farm, were presented to the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park by the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States commandery of the State of Pennsylvania an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6NI_landram-house_Spotsylvania-VA.html
These stone chimneys are all that remain of the Landram house, a prominent landmark during the Spotsylvania Campaign. The Confederate picket reserve stood here shivering in the early morning fog on May 12, 1864 when the silence was suddenly shatte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6NH_the-landram-house_Spotsylvania-VA.html
The rubble of two chimneys is all that remains of Willis Landram's modest farmhouse, a building destroyed in the 1864 battle. The 65-year-old Landram, his wife Lucy, and five other family members chiseled a life of bare essentials from 170 acres. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6NA_farm-to-killing-field_Spotsylvania-VA.html
On May 12, 1864, the pastures, potato patches, and crop-lots of Willis Landram's farm would become North America's most notorious killing field. Just before dawn, 20,000 Union soldiers swarmed past the Landram house toward the main Confederate lin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6N8_vista-clearing-at-spotsylvania_Spotsylvania-VA.html
Over a century has elapsed since the destiny of the nation was debated by arms at Spotsylvania. Many physical changes have altered the appearance of the battlefield during these years including the reclamation of old fields and pastures by an ever…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6N7_126th-ohio-volunteer-infantry_Spotsylvania-VA.html
(West Side):Dedicated to the memory ofthe gallant 126th Reg't O.V.I. commanded by Colonel Benjamin F. Smithand Lieut. Colonel Aaron W. Ebright2nd Brigade3rd Division6th Army Corps.Army of the Potomac
(North Side):Ohio's tribute to the heroes of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6N6_15th-regiment-new-jersey-volunteers_Spotsylvania-VA.html
(Front):1861-186515th Reg't N.J. Vol's.Erected by the State of New Jerseyto mark the portion of the Confederate line held by the 14th GeorgiaRegiment. and assaulted May 12, 1864, by the15th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry,commanded by Lieut…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6N5_49th-new-york-infantry_Spotsylvania-VA.html
(Front):49thN.Y. Inf'y3rd Brig. 2d Div.6th Corps.
Held this positionMay 12, 1864.
(Left):The muffled drumssad roll has beat.The soldiers lasttattoo.No more on life'sparade shall meetthat brave andfallen few.On fame's eternalcamping groundthe…