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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM191Q_the-ninth-corps_Spotsylvania-VA.html
To support Hancock's May 12 assault at the East Angle, Grant ordered General Ambrose E. Burnside's Ninth Corps to attack the Muleshoe Salient here along its eastern face. Shouldering their way through wet woods, Burnside's men reached this spot sh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM191P_containing-the-enemy-reclaiming-the-works_Spotsylvania-VA.html
The trenches in front of you belonged to General James H. Lane's North Carolina brigade. Shortly after dawn, May 12, Union forces captured the East Angle, one-half mile behind you, and bore down on Lane's men in this part of the Muleshoe Salient. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM191O_confederate-counterattack_Spotsylvania-VA.html
Confederate General Richard S. Ewell responded quickly to Upton's breakthrough at Dole's Salient. Wading into the melee, he shouted to the outnumbered defenders: "Don't run, boys. I will have enough men here in five minutes to eat up every damned …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM191N_uptons-assault_Spotsylvania-VA.html
Just before 6 p.m. on May 10, 1864, 5,000 Union soldiers led by Colonel Emory Upton—formed in deep masses rather than traditional battle lines—emerged from the woods ahead of you and dashed across this field. They reached the main conf…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM191M_aftermath_Spotsylvania-VA.html
At 2 a.m. on May 13, 1864, General Lee declared a new line of works a half mile behind you ready, and the Confederate troops in the trenches here quietly withdrew. They had bought the Confederacy what it most needed that day: time. But every minut…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM191L_the-confederate-earthworks_Spotsylvania-VA.html
These modest mounds are all that remain of the Muleshoe Salient's once-formidable earthworks. Begun by the Confederates on the night of May 8, the works were four feet high, with a two-foot-deep trench. Dirt from the trench was thrown against the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM191K_struggle-for-the-bloody-angle_Spotsylvania-VA.html
For 22 hours combat raged on the landscape in front of you. Although the fighting extended for half a mile, the battle focused on (and became identified with) a slight bend in the Confederate lines known thereafter as the Bloody Angle. The fightin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM191J_dawn-assault_Spotsylvania-VA.html
In the dank, pre-dawn light of May 12, 1864, Confederates huddled along these muddy works could hear the rumble of Union troops coming toward them. Moments later the first of 20,000 Union soldiers poured over the works like a wave, engaging Confed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM191I_fatal-mistake-at-the-east-angle_Spotsylvania-VA.html
The sharp turn in the Confederate works here is called the "East Angle." It marks the apex of the Muleshoe Salient and was one of the most vulnerable points on Lee's line. Lee fortified the place heavily and placed upwards of 30 cannon in and arou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM191H_the-toughest-fight-yet_Spotsylvania-VA.html
Artist Alfred R. Waud sketched these Union soldiers under fire here on May 12, 1864. Lee's counterattacks had driven the Union troops out of the Muleshoe, and here they are shown under cover on the outside of the Confederate trenches. Waud's persp…