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Spotsylvania Courthouse, Battle of
SPOTSYLVANIA COURTHOUSE, BATTLE OFSPOTSYLVANIA COURTHOUSE, BATTLE OF (8–21 May 1864). An advance corps of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's southward march from the Wilderness in Virginia was stopped northwest of Spotsylvania Courthouse by Confederate troops under Gen. Richard Anderson. After a failed Union assault on 9 May, Confederate generals Richard Ewell and Ambrose Hill entrenched along a front four miles long. Here on 10 May they repulsed waves of attacks by Union forces under Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock and Gen. Ambrose Burnside. Another Union offensive on 12 May captured Ewell's salient but was driven back in hand-to-hand combat. About midnight Ewell retired to an inner line. Thereafter, for some days Grant gradually withdrew south. Grant's losses at Spotsylvania were seventeen thousand; Lee's, eight thousand. BIBLIOGRAPHYGallagher, Gary W., ed. The Spotsylvania Campaign. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1998. Matter, William D. If It Takes All Summer: The Battle of Spotsylvania. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1988. Rhea, Gordon C. The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern, May 7–12,1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press 1997. Joseph Mills.Hanson/a. r. See alsoCivil War ; Cold Harbor, Battle of ; Petersburg, Siege of ; Richmond Campaigns ; Army of Northern Virginia ; Wilderness, Battles of the . |
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"Spotsylvania Courthouse, Battle of." Dictionary of American History. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Spotsylvania Courthouse, Battle of." Dictionary of American History. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3401803998.html "Spotsylvania Courthouse, Battle of." Dictionary of American History. 2003. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3401803998.html |
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Spotsylvania, Battle of
Spotsylvania, Battle of also called the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, a major Civil War battle in May, 1864, that was part of Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign. Forces under Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee fought for two weeks without a conclusive outcome; Grant continued his campaign, and both sides suffered casualties of more than 10,000.
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"Spotsylvania, Battle of." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Spotsylvania, Battle of." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-SpotsylvaniaBattleof.html "Spotsylvania, Battle of." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-SpotsylvaniaBattleof.html |
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Spotsylvania, Battle of
Spotsylvania, Battle of. See Wilderness to Petersburg Campaign (1864).
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John Whiteclay Chambers II. "Spotsylvania, Battle of." The Oxford Companion to American Military History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. John Whiteclay Chambers II. "Spotsylvania, Battle of." The Oxford Companion to American Military History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O126-SpotsylvaniaBattleof.html John Whiteclay Chambers II. "Spotsylvania, Battle of." The Oxford Companion to American Military History. 2000. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O126-SpotsylvaniaBattleof.html |
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