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The Battle of Harris Farm
By Kevin W., November 18, 2007
Engagement at Harris Farm (Bloomsbury) Marker
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| On Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 208) 0 miles Bloomsbury Lane (County Route 1470), on the right when traveling south. |
| | On 19 May 1864 Confederate forces commanded by Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell attacked Brig. Gen. Robert O. Tyler's heavy artillery division on the Union right flank near the Harris farm, Bloomsbury, about one-quarter mile northwest. Newly arrived from . . . — — Map (db m3656) HM |
| On Monument Court at Knob Hill Court, on the right when traveling north on Monument Court. |
| | 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 m9046) HM |
| On Monument Court at Knob Hill Court, on the right when traveling north on Monument Court. Reported permanently removed. |
| | Union heavy artillery regiments serving as infantry shouldered the brunt of the fighting at Harris Farm. The "Heavies," as the members of the heavy artillery units were called, had been pulled from forts protecting Washington, D.C., to make up for . . . — — Map (db m81309) HM |
| On Monument Court at Knob Hill Court, on the right when traveling north on Monument Court. |
| | In commemoration of the deeds of the First Regiment Heavy Artillery Massachusetts Volunteers (Armed as Infantry) Three hundred and ninety eight of whose members fell within an hour around this spot during an action fought May 13, 1864 Between a . . . — — Map (db m155952) HM |
May. 2, 2024