| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Spotsylvania — McGowan's Brigade |
| | (Front):South Carolina McGowan's Brigade Brig. Gen. Samuel McGowan 1st S.C. Infantry Col. Comillus W. McCreary Orr's Rifles Lt. Col. George McD. Miller 12th S.C. Infantry Maj. Thomas F. Clyburne 13th S.C. Infantry Col. Benjamin T. Brockman 14th S.C. Infantry Col. Joseph N. Brown (Back):"The Bloody Angle" In the rainy gloom of May 12, 1864, Brigadier General Samuel McGowan's brigade of South Carolinians battled their way into the disputed earthworks here, near the apex of the . . . — Map (db m19073) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Spotsylvania — Spotsylvania Campaign |
| | This road leads to the Landram House ruin. In the days of the Civil War it was a small whitewashed dwelling built of squared logs and heated by stone-chimneyed fireplaces. From similar modest homesteads, North and South, had spring Abraham Lincoln and other leaders. On the 12th of May, 1864, the place was overrun by Lincoln's legions. During the severe fighting of that day, it became Gen. W.S. Hancock's headquarters as well as a hospital area and artillery park. Where only a few rural boots had . . . — Map (db m10309) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Spotsylvania — Spotsylvania Campaign |
| | May 12, 1864. Union commanders Grant and Meade determined to exploit the Confederate "Mule Shoe." Early in the morning they sent Hancock's II Corps against the apex of the Salient (300 yards east). Hancock took the trenches on either side of the apex and pushed deep within the Confederate lines. As Gordon's Division and other troops counterattacked to drive the Federals back, the troops of Rodes' Confederate Division charged up the trenches to this point. Brigade after brigade was thrown into . . . — Map (db m10310) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Spotsylvania — Spotsylvania Campaign |
| | May 12, 1864. About 6 a.m. Wright's VI Corps advancing to support Hancock's attack occupied the area in front of the Confederate works on the west face of the Salient. Here at a slight bend in the line, the area ever after known as the Bloody Angle, occurred the most savage, long-sustained hand-to-hand combat of the War. The opposing troops fired muzzle-to-muzzle and bayoneted and clubbed one another across the logs of the parapet. Musket fire slashed the springtime greenery and toppled trees, . . . — Map (db m10311) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Spotsylvania — 49th New York Infantry 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Corps |
| | (Front): 49th N.Y. Inf'y 3rd Brig. 2d Div. 6th Corps. Held this position May 12, 1864. (Left):The muffled drums sad roll has beat. The soldiers last tattoo. No more on life's parade shall meet that brave and fallen few. On fame's eternal camping ground their silent tents are spread and glory guards with solemn round the bivouac of the dead. (Right): 1864 In memory of the brave men killed on this field ——— Erected by their surviving comrades . . . — Map (db m10312) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Spotsylvania — 15th Regiment New Jersey Volunteers |
| | (Front): 1861-1865 15th Reg't N.J. Vol's. Erected by the State of New Jersey to mark the portion of the Confederate line held by the 14th Georgia Regiment. and assaulted May 12, 1864, by the 15th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Edward L. Campbell Engaged, 429. Loss - 116 Killed; 153 Wounded; 38 Missing. (Back):Commissioners appointed by Governor John Franklin Fort Hon. John F. Dryden Chm. - Sergeant William R. Gawley Gen. Joseph M. Plume . . . — Map (db m10313) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Spotsylvania — 126th Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
| | (West Side): Dedicated to the memory of the gallant 126th Reg't O.V.I. commanded by Colonel Benjamin F. Smith and Lieut. Colonel Aaron W. Ebright 2nd Brigade 3rd Division 6th Army Corps. Army of the Potomac (North Side):Ohio's tribute to the heroes of the gallant 126th Reg't O.V.I. who fell here May 12th 1864 (South Side):These heroes fell to the right of this position Captain. Ruben Lampton Privates. James Atkinson Joshua C. Howell John H. Myers Valentine Eckert . . . — Map (db m10314) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Spotsylvania — Vista Clearing at Spotsylvania |
| | Over a century has elapsed since the destiny of the nation was debated by arms at Spotsylvania. Many physical changes have altered the appearance of the battlefield during these years including the reclamation of old fields and pastures by an ever-encroaching forest. In 1978 the National Park Service began a vista clearing program aimed at restoring the historic scene at crucial points on the battlefield. Using documented evidence and careful methods to ensure preservation of existing . . . — Map (db m10315) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Spotsylvania — Farm to Killing Field The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House |
| | On May 12, 1864, the pastures, potato patches, and crop-lots of Willis Landram's farm would become North America's most notorious killing field. Just before dawn, 20,000 Union soldiers swarmed past the Landram house toward the main Confederate line on the ridge in front of you. The sudden Union attack triggered a day of carnage - a 22-hour struggle for control of the Muleshoe Salient. Throughout the day, Union generals gathered near this spot to watch and direct the fighting. Union . . . — Map (db m10317) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Spotsylvania — The Landram House The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House |
| | The rubble of two chimneys is all that remains of Willis Landram's modest farmhouse, a building destroyed in the 1864 battle. The 65-year-old Landram, his wife Lucy, and five other family members chiseled a life of bare essentials from 170 acres. They raised wheat, corn, and potatoes. Five cows produced milk and 200 pounds of butter a year; two oxen plowed the fields; seven sheep gave the Landrams 20 pounds of wool each season; four pigs provided bacon and pork. The unremarkable existence of . . . — Map (db m10325) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Spotsylvania — Landram House |
| | These stone chimneys are all that remain of the Landram house, a prominent landmark during the Spotsylvania Campaign. The Confederate picket reserve stood here shivering in the early morning fog on May 12, 1864 when the silence was suddenly shattered by the assault of 20,000 Federals of the II Corps. The sentries were quickly engulfed and the blue wave swept over the 550 yards of rolling open terrain crashing into the surprised rebels at the salient. Shortly after 7:00 a.m. General Hancock, . . . — Map (db m10326) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Spotsylvania — Landram Farm MOLLUS Monument |
| | These one hundred and sixty-two acres known as the Landram Farm, were presented to the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park by the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States commandery of the State of Pennsylvania and dedicated on May 11th, 1940 to the memory of the valiant men who fought here. — Map (db m10327) |
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