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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: July 6, 2008
Caption: Last Spotsylvania Operations
Additional Description: After May 12, 1864, Grant maneuvered farther eastward and southward. On May 18 he doubled back to strike Ewell, but the Confederates were alert and easily defeated the attack. Grant then resumed his leftward movement. Late on May 19, Ewell, following the shifting Federals across the Ny River, was sharply repulsed at the Harris Farm. Grant now widened his arc and quit Spotsylvania altogether. Though indecisive tactically, the Wilderness and Spotsylvania operations were the beginning of Lee's ultimate collapse.

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Submitted: August 15, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p31744
File Size: 1.219 Megabytes

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