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Battle of Spotsylvania - Stops Outside the Park
 
By Craig Swain, July 6, 2008
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SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Confederate Soldiers — 1861 - 1865 —
Near 7100 Confederate Cemetery Dr south of Courthouse Road, on the left when traveling south.
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 . . . — — Map (db m10436) WM
2 ► Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Spotsylvania Court House — In the Path of War — Lee vs. Grant – The 1864 Campaign —
On Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 208) near Brock Road, on the right when traveling south.
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 . . . — — Map (db m3712) HM
3 ► Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Spotsylvania Court House — Historic District — Lee vs. Grant – The 1864 Campaign —
On Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 208) near Brock Road, on the right when traveling south.
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) HM
4 ► Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Battle of Spotsylvania —
On Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 208), on the left when traveling south.
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 . . . — — Map (db m3665) HM
5 ► Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Zion Methodist Church — The Edge of the Storm — Lee vs. Grant – The 1864 Campaign —
On Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 208) at Massaponax Church Road ( Route 613), on the right when traveling south on Courthouse Road.
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 . . . — — Map (db m3709) HM
6 ► Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Lee’s Headquarters —
On Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 208) at Brock Road, on the left when traveling south on Courthouse Road.
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House May 10, 11, 12, 1864 1903 Replaced 1964 — — Map (db m196287) HM WM
7 ► Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — Massaponax Church — Council of War — Lee vs. Grant — The 1864 Campaign —
On Massaponax Church Road (County Route 608) 0 miles west of U.S. 1, on the right when traveling west.
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 Confederates into the open where it could attack . . . — — Map (db m1726) HM
8 ► Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — E-78 — Massaponax Baptist Church —
On Massaponax Church Road (County Route 608) 0 miles west of U.S. 1, on the right when traveling west.
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 . . . — — Map (db m1719) HM
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