| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Spotsylvania — Confederate Soldiers — 1861 - 1865 |
| | (Front): Erected and dedicated May 12, 1918, by the Spotsylvania Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy, Confederated Southern Memorial Association and citizens of Spotsylvania County, to commemorate and perpetuate the valor and patriotism of the sons of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, and other Confederate soldiers who repose in this cemetery. (Left side): "Lest we forget". (Back): "We have gathered the sacred dust, of warriors tried and true, who bore the flag of . . . — Map (db m10436) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Spotsylvania — Spotsylvania Court House — In the Path of War — Lee vs. Grant – The 1864 Campaign |
| | At the time of the Civil War, Spotsylvania Court House was a small community of about one dozen buildings surrounded by woods and rolling fields. “It was not a town,” a chaplain in the 126th Pennsylvania noted. “It was composed of just the county building, the tavern, a house or two, and one or two country churches.”
The Civil War shattered Spotsylvania’s rural tranquility. In August 1862, Union troops raided the village, and nine months later Confederate . . . — Map (db m3712) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Spotsylvania — Spotsylvania Court House — Historic District — Lee vs. Grant – The 1864 Campaign |
| | Many of the buildings that comprised the 1864 village of Spotsylvania Court House still stand today. Pamphlets located in the box below will lead you on a 30-minute waling tour of the historic town. — Map (db m3714) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Spotsylvania — Battle of Spotsylvania |
| | May 12 - 18, 1864, between the armies of Lee and Grant is unmatched for its display of unyielding heroism and devotion to duty and principle. Here thousands of valorous men, fighting with bayonets and clubbed muskets, wrote their imperishable epitaph. — Map (db m3665) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Spotsylvania — Zion Methodist Church — The Edge of the Storm — Lee vs. Grant – The 1864 Campaign |
| | Virginia churches suffered heavily in the Civil War, being used by contending armies as headquarters, hospitals and barracks. Zion Church was no exception. In August 1862, Union soldiers stopped briefly at the church during an expedition to southern Spotsylvania County. Within minutes, wrote a Union soldier, the quiet meeting house became “a perfect bedlam…filled with soldiers, some scuffling, some whistling, some playing cards on the little plain table in front of the pulpit, while one . . . — Map (db m3709) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Spotsylvania — Lee’s Headquarters |
| | Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse
May 10, 11, 12, 1864
1903 Replaced 1964 — Map (db m3664) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Massaponax — Massaponax Church — Council of War — Lee vs. Grant — The 1864 Campaign |
| | Two weeks of fighting at Spotsylvania had resulted in a bloody draw. On May 21, 1864, the Army of the Potomac left its trenches outside the village and began moving east and south, hoping to lure the Confederated into the open where it could attack them to greater advantage.
At 10 a.m. Gens. U.S. Grant and George Meade broke camp near Spotsylvania. They reached Massaponax Church, on Telegraph Road, about noon. After a brief conference, the generals and the army moved on to Guinea . . . — Map (db m1726) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Massaponax — E 78 — Massaponax Baptist Church |
| | Massaponax Baptist Church, built in 1859, served a congregation founded in 1788. On 21 May 1864 Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and his commanders conferred on pews in the churchyard as the Union army marched from the Spotsylvania Court House battlefield to the North Anna River. Photographer Timothy O'Sullivan hauled his heavy stereo camera to the balcony of the church and recorded this conference in a unique series of candid images showing a war council in progress. — Map (db m1719) |
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