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By Dawn Bowen, July 15, 2007
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1 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — Massaponax ChurchCouncil 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 Confederates into the open where it could attack . . . Map (db m1726) HM
2 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — 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 . . . Map (db m1719) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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