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Related Historical Markers
Original CWT Marker and New Replacement Marker Near This Location titled "The Battle of Harris Farm" & "Harris Farm".
By Craig Swain
The 1st Massachusetts Monument and Interpretive Markers
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| 1 ► Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — The Battle of Harris Farm — Final Battle Around Spotsylvania Court House — Harris Farm Battlefield Civil War Site — Reported permanently removed |
| From May 8-18, 1864, Union troops battered Gen. Robert E. Lee's lines at Spotsylvania Court House. Unable to defeat the Confederates by direct assault, Union commander Ulysses S. Grant determined to head south, drawing Lee out of his Spotsylvania . . . — — Map (db m294139) HM | |||
2 ► Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Spotsylvania Courthouse — Harris Farm — Harris Farm Engagement — Lee vs. Grant – The 1864 Campaign —  |
| During the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Union Gens. George G. Meade and Ulysses S. Grant (who commanded all Union armies and accompanied Meade) battered Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s defenses. Unable to defeat the Confederates by direct . . . — — Map (db m294143) HM | |||