Near Spotsylvania Courthouse in Spotsylvania County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Spotsylvania Court House
May 8 to 21, 1864
[Marker is a graphic display with captions:]
1. May 8, 1864 - Warren's Union V Corps supports the Cavalry
2. Sheridan's Union Calvary leads the advance during the evening of May 7-8
2. Fitzhugh Lee's Confederate Cavalry contests the Union move all night.
3. Confederate Gen. Anderson's Corps arrives early May 8, 1864 after an all night march.
4. May 8 - Hancock's Union II Corps and Heth's Confederate division engage in flanking operations.
4. May 8 - Anderson's men arrive on the run as Federals nearly breakthrough. Confederates immediately build earthworks.
5. May 10, 1864 - Union Colonel Emory Upton leads 12 regiments to a local success.
6. May 12. A huge early morning Federal assault overwhelms an unprepared segment of Lee's forces.
7. Lee personally leads the effort to halt the Federal attack.
8. Federal reinforcements were held up at the earthworks where hand to hand fighting raged in the rain for 20 hours at "The Bloody Angle".
9. May 12 and 18 - Burnside's IX Federal Corps attacks but is easily repulsed.
10. Evening of May 12-13 - The Harrison House line constructed. On May 18, massed cannon drive off a Federal attack.
11. Grant, unable to break Lee's position, moves on to the southeast,
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Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is May 8, 1864.
Location. 38° 13.149′ N, 77° 36.857′ W. Marker is near Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia, in Spotsylvania County. Memorial is on Grant Drive, 0.1 miles north of Brock Road (County Road 613), on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 9550 Grant Dr, Spotsylvania VA 22553, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. No Turning Back (here, next to this marker); A Different Kind of War (here, next to this marker); The Battle of Spotsylvania (a few steps from this marker); Testing the Line: May 8-10 (a few steps from this marker); Grant Finds an Opening: May 12 (a few steps from this marker); The Death of Sedgwick (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Spotsylvania Campaign (about 400 feet away); a different marker also named Spotsylvania Campaign (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Spotsylvania Courthouse.
Credits. This page was last revised on May 2, 2020. It was originally submitted on May 2, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 96 times since then and 9 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on May 2, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
