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The Livingston district at Spotsylvania County had the largest number of one-room schools for African American children in the county before consolidation in the 1950s. As late as the mid 1990s, two of those schools were still standing, albeit vac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EFE_battle-of-spotsylvania-court-house_Spotsylvania-VA.html
In 1864, the field in front of you was partially forested. On May 8, Union cavalry galloped across this land to attack Spotsylvania Court House itself but soon came scrambling back in retreat.
At 4:35 A.M. on May 12, while almost 20,000 Union s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EFD_battle-of-spotsylvania-court-house_Spotsylvania-VA.html
The ground before you was hotly contested for two full weeks during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. From May 8 to May 21, 1864, Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant sought to drive the Confederates from their earthworks and cripple Gen. Robert E. L…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EFC_harris-farm_Spotsylvania-VA.html
Organized in January 1862, the 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery spent most of its first two years of service in the defenses of Washington, D.C. Trained as artillerists, the regiment manned the large-caliber cannons in the forts that protected th…
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(sidebar)On May 4, 1864, Union Gen. George Meade's Army of the Potomac crossed the Rappahannock River to engage Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and to destroy it. The attack began the Overland Campaign, part of Union Gen…
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The Civil War devastated Central Virginia. Four major battles were fought within a fifteen-mile radius of where you now stand and resulted in more than 100,000 casualties. The National Park Service protects portions of these battlefields, but deve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DTL_warrens-line_Spotsylvania-VA.html
Following its failure to take Laurel Hill on May 8, 1864, General Gouverneur K. Warren's Fifth Corps entrenched here. This crescent-shape work protected two Union cannons. Warren's line extended from the Po River, one mile to your right, to the Br…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM191T_if-it-takes-all-summer_Spotsylvania-VA.html
While the May 12 combat at the Bloody Angle marked the height of the Spotsylvania fighting, it was not the end of it. For nine more days, the Army of the Potomac hovered around the village, looking for opportunities to strike. Finding Lee heavily …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM191S_the-fredericksburg-road_Spotsylvania-VA.html
The Fredericksburg Road, on your left, was the Army of the Potomac's main line of supply during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. Each day hundreds of wagons lumbered down the road, bringing tons of food, arms, and ammunition to the insatiab…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM191R_heths-salient_Spotsylvania-VA.html
With the fighting at the Bloody Angle at an impasse, Grant and Lee looked elsewhere for opportunities to attack. Coincidentally, both men turned their attention to Heth's Salient, here on the eastern face of the Muleshoe. Grant sought a weak point…