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Tag Archives: Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Catching Up on our 150th Anniversary Coverage
We wanted to take a moment to thank all of our readers for following along with our 150th anniversary coverage. Over the last two weeks we have published a large number of posts, to make it easier on our readers, … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Emerging Civil War
Tagged 23rd USCT, Atlanta Campaign, Battle of New Market, Battle of Resaca, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of the Wilderness, Bloody Angle, Emory Upton, James Longstreet, JEB Stuart, Laurel Hill, Mule Shoe, Resaca, Robert E. Lee, Saunders Field, Ulysses S. Grant, Widow Tapp Field
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The 23rd USCT at Spotsylvania
At the beginning of the Overland Campaign, the 23rd Regiment United States Colored Troops was an infantry regiment in the 4th Division of the independent IX Army Corps. This regiment became the first black regiment to fight in directed combat … Continue reading
Question of the Week for May 12, 2014
150 years ago today the battle for the Bloody Angle, at Spotsylvania Court House, raged for more than 22 hours. By the end of the Bloody Angle action more than 17,000 casualties littered the battlefield. More than 3,000 of the … Continue reading
Silent Sentinel
The National Park Service is affording visitors to Spotsylvania a unique treat this evening: To commemorate the 22 hours of combat at the Mule Shoe Salient, an honor guard will be posted at the Bloody Angle until 4:00 a.m. on … Continue reading
“He Was Decidedly the Best General Officer From Our State”
Another installment of the “Tales From the Tombstone” series in conjunction with the 150th Anniversary of the Overland Campaign Hailing from Halifax, North Carolina, miles from the Virginia-North Carolina border, Junius Daniel led a privileged life. Hailing from a distinguished … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, National Park Service, Sesquicentennial
Tagged 150th Spotsylvania, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Bloody Angle, Bryan Grimes, Junius Daniel, Mule Shoe, Mule Shoe Salient, Robert E. Lee, Robert Rodes, Stephen Ramseur
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Sunrise at the Mule Shoe
Sunrise at the Mule Shoe Salient May 12, 2014
The First Day of Rain-May 11, 1864: An Excerpt from “A Season of Slaughter: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House”…Part 2
The following is a chapter excerpt from Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White’s A Season of Slaughter: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. Click here to read part one. As Hancock’s division commanders did what they could to prepare with what … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns
Tagged 1864: An Excerpt from "A Season of Slaughter: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House"..., A Season of Slaughter, Allegheny Johnson, Ambrose Burnside, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Edward "Allegheny" Johnson, Maryland Steuart, Robert E. Lee, The First Day of Rain-May 11, Ulysses S. Grant, Winfield Scott Hancock
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My Own Spotsy Battlefield
Not many people get to own a piece of battlefield, but last month, I was fortunate enough to marry into a family that does. And it wasn’t just any battlefield—it’s the battlefield I am best acquainted with and most deeply … Continue reading
Warren’s Map
Several posts today have discussed the fighting at Laurel Hill, where Major General G. K. Warren’s V Corps frittered away its numerical advantage in piecemeal attacks on the morning of May 8, 1864. Warren’s decisionmaking that morning has rightly been castigated, … Continue reading
