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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFSS_a-mass-capture_Spotsylvania-VA.html
As the first rays of daylight filtered through the rain-drenched woods here on May 12, the men of General George H. Steuart's brigade heard a commotion up the line, to their left. Moments later, through the shifting mists, they saw a human tidal w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEHN_birthplace-of-matthew-fontaine-maury-1806-1873_Spotsylvania-VA.html
This jumble of bricks and stones tucked deep within Spotsylvania's Wilderness marks the birthplace of Matthew Fontaine Maury, the "Pathfinder of the Seas." All but forgotten now, Maury was a legend during his lifetime. While superintendent of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEHM_maury-house-trail_Spotsylvania-VA.html
This short trail leads to the birthplace of Matthew Fontaine Maury, one of America's greatest scientists.
By the time of the Civil War, Maury's birthplace was gone, replaced by a simple brick house. Few of the 28,000 Confederate soldiers who ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEHK_the-union-center_Spotsylvania-VA.html
Upon reaching Chancellorsville on April 30, 1863, General Joseph Hooker deployed the Army of the Potomac in a defensive perimeter around the intersection. General Henry W. Slocum's Twelfth Corps held the center of the Union line. For three days hi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCLM_memorializing-jacksons-death_Spotsylvania-VA.html
Of his soldiers he was the idol;of his country he was the hope;of war he was the master.Senator John Warwick Daniel
When General "Stonewall" Jackson died eight days after being wounded in these woods, shock waves rippled through the South. Conf…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCLL_a-missed-opportunity_Spotsylvania-VA.html
The morning of May 3d found the Confederate army heavily outnumbered and dangerously divided. "Stonewall" Jackson's flank attack the evening before had staggered the Union army but had not irretrievably damaged it. As the day broke, Jackson's corp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCJD_mcgowans-brigade_Spotsylvania-VA.html
(Front):South CarolinaMcGowan's BrigadeBrig. Gen. Samuel McGowan
1st S.C. InfantryCol. Comillus W. McCreary
Orr's RiflesLt. Col. George McD. Miller
12th S.C. InfantryMaj. Thomas F. Clyburne
13th S.C. InfantryCol. Benjamin T. Brockman
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8AT_the-union-army-escapes_Spotsylvania-VA.html
After dark, May 5, 1863, Union soldiers left their trenches and began making their way toward U.S. Ford. A cold rain drenched the soldiers to the skin and turned the woodland roads to mud. At the ford, the Rappahannock River rose five feet in thre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM89B_flanking-of-hays-brigade_Spotsylvania-VA.html
On this ridge, the Union brigade of Brig. Gen. William Hays, supported by artillery, temporarily stopped the Confederate advance across the ground below you. A member of the 12th New Jersey described what happened next: "We were in open sight, wit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM896_confederate-breakthrough_Spotsylvania-VA.html
At about 7:00 a.m. on May 3, a dangerous gap in the Union line opened near the Orange Turnpike, 1/4 mile to your right. Federal troops on your right, led by Hiram Berry, retreated about 1/2 mile and established a new position. The blue-clad soldie…