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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3IM_grants-headquarters_Locust-Grove-VA.html
On May 5, 1864, this knoll was bordered by a second growth of scraggly pines and scrub oak. From here Grant and Meade could see little of the battle. Instead, they relied on subordinates to keep them apprised of the situation at the front. In the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3IK_first-blood-in-saunders-field_Locust-Grove-VA.html
"The regiment melted away like snow. Men disappeared as if the earth had swallowed them."-Captain Porter Parley140th New York InfantryShortly after noon on May 5, the battleline of the 140th New York burst from the woods to your right-rear - the f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3I6_a-wild-wicked-roar_Locust-Grove-VA.html
The arrival of Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell's Second Corps here along the Orange Turnpike on the morning of May 5 challenged the Union march through the Wilderness. The Federals responded with a massive attack.
At midday more than 12,000 Federal t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3I5_battle-of-the-wilderness_Locust-Grove-VA.html
Here May 5,6, 1864, 70,000 Confederates under Lee defeated 120,000 Federals under Grant. Confederate loss 11,500. Federal 18,000. This battle, fought with conspicuous bravery, in a Wilderness on fire, will take it's place among the great battles o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM346_texas_Locust-Grove-VA.html
(Front Side):Remembers the valor and devotion ofher sons who served at the WildernessMay 6, 1864
From near this spot the Texas Brigadepleaded with General Lee not toexpose himself to Federal fire andthen after seeing him to safety, launched a v…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM33R_gaspar-tochman_Locust-Grove-VA.html
A mile south is the unmarked grave of Gaspar Tochman (1797-1880), a major in the Polish army who participated in the failed 1830 revolt against Russia. Exiled, in 1837 he immigrated to the United States, where he practiced law, wrote, and lectured…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM33N_battle-of-the-wilderness_Locust-Grove-VA.html
Ewell's Corps, the left wing of Lee's Army, moving down this road from Orange, came into conflict near here with Warren's Corps of Grant's Army, May 5, 1864. The fight moved to and fro until Ewell finally drove Warren back and entrenched here. Lat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2K1_mine-run-campaign_Locust-Grove-VA.html
Meade, advancing south from the Rapidan River to attack Lee, found him in an entrenched position here on November 28, 1863. Heavy skirmishing went on until December 1. Then Meade, thinking Lee's lines too strong to assault, retired across the Rapi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2K0_robinsons-tavern_Locust-Grove-VA.html
Near here stood ancient Robinson's Tavern. Here Meade wished to concentrate his army in the Mine Run Campaign, November 1863, but one corps, coming up late, disarranged his plans. Here Ewell, moving east from Orange in the Wilderness Campaign, cam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2JZ_mine-run-campaign_Locust-Grove-VA.html
Amidst numbing cold and stinging rain, in late 1863 Union General George G. Meade and his Army of the Potomac attempted a year-end stroke against Robert E. Lee. This effort climaxed along Mine Run, two miles in front of you.
Since Gettysburg, m…