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May 5, 1864. In the early afternoon, Wadsworth's Division of Warren's Corps hit the right flank of Rodes' Confederate Division near this point. Its left already crippled by Griffin's Division on the Turnpike a mile north, Rodes' line here staggere…
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The Tapp Farm exemplifies the lifestyle of most Wilderness residents. Catharine Tapp, age 55 in 1860, leased her land from the Lacy family who owned nearby Ellwood. The Widow Tapp shared her modest 1-1/2 story log home with five relatives and a la…
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HerefellGeneralAlexander Hays3rd Div. 2nd Corps. U.S.V.May 5, 1864.
Erected byGeneral Alexander Hays Post No. 3Department of Pennsylvania G.A.R.andDavis Star Camp, Sons of Veterans
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3JO_james-s-wadsworth_Spotsylvania-VA.html
Brigadier General and Brevet Major GeneralUnited States Volunteerscommanding the 4th DivisionV Corps Army of the Potomacwas mortally wounded near this spotMay 6, 1864 and died two days laterin the field hospital of Hill'sConfederate Corps:He fell …
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Here on the morning of May 6, 1864, Confederate General Robert E. Lee and his army faced perhaps their greatest crisis. Soon after dawn, hundreds of disorganized Confederates tumbled from the woods to your left, driven by a powerful Union assault.…
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Few families of modest means became so famous. In this field lived widow Catherine Tapp, who with other family members eked out an existence from the poor soil. The Tapps occupied a lopsided log cabin about 300 yards in front of you - seven people…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM33J_burying-the-dead_Spotsylvania-VA.html
At battles end, more than 2,000 Union dead lay scattered through the Wilderness. The first major effort to bury the dead came more than a year later, when a Union regiment received orders to proceed to the Wilderness and inter those Union soldiers…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM326_longstreet-felled_Spotsylvania-VA.html
It was the most successful day of James Longstreet's career. He had arrived on the Wilderness battlefield early in the day to find the Confederate army in full retreat and in danger of being destroyed. His troops had prevented disaster. Now, at mi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM324_flank-attack_Spotsylvania-VA.html
These woods saw some of the heaviest fighting of the Battle of the Wilderness. On May 5, then again on May 6, 1864 ragged Union and Confederate battle lines surged back and forth on both sides of the Orange Plank Road. The stalemate here finally b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2QW_12th-regiment-new-jersey-volunteers-1862-1865_Spotsylvania-VA.html
"We can not dedicatewe can not consecratewe can not hallow this groundthe brave men living and deadwho struggled here haveconsecrated it far aboveour poor power to add or detract."
The State of New Jerseymerely marksthe surrounding twentyacres …