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|   Spotsylvania Campaign --Spotsylvania VA
in U.S. Civil War Sites Marker is near Spotsylvania, Virginia, 22553 in Spotsylvania County. Marker is at the intersection of Grant Drive and Brock Road (County Route 613) to the entrance to Spotsylvania Battlefield unit of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Park. posted by:  Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 08/19/2023 last visited: 08/19/2023 |
 view galleryN81.6 km | Spotsylvania Campaign - Spotsylvania VA in U.S. Civil War Sites May 10, 1864. Here along the west face of the Confederate Salient, or "Mule Shoe," Dole's Brigade of Ewell's II Corps had been alert all afternoon. At 6 p.m., when Federal cannonading ceased, it seemed the day would end quietly. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/13/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryN81.6 km | A Different Kind of War-Spotsylvania Exhibit Shelter - Spotsylvania VA in U.S. Civil War Sites A Different Kind of War-With the 1864 Overland Campaign, the war in Virginia changed. The old pattern of fight, retreat, and rest yielded to Ulysses S. Grant's relentless maneuvering and fighting. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/13/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryN81.6 km | Testing the Line: May 8-10 Spotsylvania Exhibit Shelter - Spotsylvania VA in U.S. Civil War Sites If It Takes All Summer
Grant's failure to win the race to Spotsylvania led to two weeks of brutal combat. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/13/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryN81.6 km | No Turning Back-Spotsylvania Exhibit Shelter - Spotsylvania VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Defeated but undeterred, Grant abandoned Spotsylvania's blood-soaked fields on May 21 and continued south -- toward Richmond and ultimate victory. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/13/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryN81.6 km | Grant Finds an Opening: May 12 Spotsylvania Exhibit Shelter - Spotsylvania VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Emory Upton's success on May 10 prompted Grant to repeat the attack on a much larger scale. This time the target of the assault was the Muleshoe Salient, a huge outward bulge in the center of the Confederate line. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/13/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryN81.6 km | Pelham's Corner - Fredericksburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Although greatly outnumbered, the Gallant Pelham delayed thousands of Union soldiers from attacking the Jackson Corps at the Battle of Fredericksburg. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 06/12/2012 last visited: 07/26/2023 |
 view galleryN81.8 km | Spotsylvania Campaign - Spotsylvania VA in U.S. Civil War Sites This road leads to the Landram House ruin. In the days of the Civil War it was a small whitewashed dwelling built of squared logs and heated by stone-chimneyed fireplaces. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/13/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryN81.9 km | Spotsylvania Campaign - Spotsylvania VA in U.S. Civil War Sites May 10,1864. After a day of sporadic fighting, the Federal high command sent Col. Emory Upton and twelve picked regiments of the VI Corps to strike the west face of the Confederate Salient. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/13/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryN81.9 km | Spotsylvania Campaign - Spotsylvania VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Marker is near Spotsylvania, Virginia, in Spotsylvania County 22553. Marker is on Grant Drive, at tour stop two (Upton's Road) on the driving tour of Spotsylvania Battlefield unit of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 08/19/2023 last visited: 08/18/2014 |
 view galleryN81.9 km | Landram Farm - Spotsylvania Court House VA in U.S. Civil War Sites The Landram Farm was turned into a bloody killing field during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. posted by: La de Boheme location: Virginia date approved: 07/02/2010 last visited: never |
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| Hillsman House-Lee’s Retreat - Jetersville VA in U.S. Civil War Sites April 6, 1865-Union forces assembled along this ridge while Confederate troops prepared on the opposite slope. Federal forces crossed Little Sailor’s Creek for a fierce battle which compelled many Southerners to surrender. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 10/05/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryW84 km | Battle of Sailors Creek - Rice VA in U.S. Civil War Sites (Front): Battles of Sailors Creek April 6, 1865 (Back): In remembrance of the Confederate and Union Soldiers who fought in the surrounding hills with great honor and perseverance on April 6, 1865. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 10/05/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryW84.3 km | Marshall’s Crossroads-Lee’s Retreat - Rice VA in U.S. Civil War Sites April 6, 1865-Union cavalry found Confederate infantry posted here along the road to Rice’s Depot. While others fought along Little Sailor’s Creek at Hillsman’s farm. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 10/05/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
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| Young’s Mill-Magruder’s First Peninsula Defensive Line - Newport News VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Following the June 10, 1861, Battle of Big Bethel, Confederate Commander John Bankhead Magruder decided to establish three defensive lines across the Peninsula. Young’s Mill became the western strong point of the 1st Defensive Line. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 06/26/2023 last visited: 06/26/2023 |
 view galleryN85.8 km | Lee's Hill - Fredericksburg, VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Site of Robert E. Lee's Command Post during the Battle of Fredericksburg posted by:  stinger503 location: Virginia date approved: 07/19/2017 last visited: 05/24/2019 |
 view gallerySE86.1 km | Battle of Smithfield-The Town that Wouldn’t Surrender - Smithfield VA in U.S. Civil War Sites This section of the Pagan River in front of you is where the Union gunboat, USS Smith-Briggs, was run aground and destroyed by local Confederate troops during the January 31-February 1, 1864, Battle of Smith?eld. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 06/27/2023 last visited: 06/27/2023 |
 view galleryN86.6 km | Fredericksburg Campaign - Fredericksburg, Virginia in U.S. Civil War Sites December 13, 1862. On this ridge, called Marye's Heights, blazed the cannon of Col. J.B. Walton's Louisiana battalion, the Washington Artillery. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/10/2020 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
 view galleryN86.6 km | White Oak Church-"Seems to Have Belonged to some Former Age" - Fredericksburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Across the road stands White Oak Church, an important Civil War landmark during the winter of 1862-1863. Stafford County Baptist constructed the simple weatherboard structure sometime after 1789. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 07/01/2023 last visited: 07/01/2023 |
 view galleryN86.6 km | Fredericksburg Campaign - Fredericksburg, Virginia in U.S. Civil War Sites With Richmond as his objective, Gen. Ambrose Burnside started the Federal Army of the Potomac from Warrenton on November 15, 1862. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/10/2020 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
 view galleryN86.7 km | Ferry Farm - Fredericksburg, VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Ferry Farm became a combat zone on Dec. 11, 1862, the first day of the battle of Fredericksburg. posted by: DougK location: Virginia date approved: 05/09/2011 last visited: 08/06/2023 |
 view galleryN86.7 km | Fredericksburg Battlefield - Fredericksburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Before you looms Marye's Heights, a key point in the two major Civil War battles. At the base of the heights, bordered by a stone wall, lies the Sunken Road. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 09/13/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryN86.7 km | Fredericksburg City Dock-Contesting the Crossing - Fredericksburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Union engineers were constructing a pontoon bridge that would enable Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside’s Army of the Potomac to cross the Rappahannock River and seize Fredericksburg. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 06/21/2023 last visited: 06/21/2023 |
 view galleryN86.7 km | Fredericksburg City Dock-Union Artillery on Stafford Heights - Fredericksburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites In 1862, Union artillery crowned the bluffs once occupied by the Washington farm. When Confederate troops resisted the Union army’s efforts to cross the river on December 11, Burnside turned nearly 150 guns – arrayed along a three-mile front. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 06/21/2023 last visited: 06/21/2023 |
 view galleryN86.7 km | Fredericksburg City Dock-Bridges and Biscuits - Fredericksburg VA in U.S. Civil War Sites Fredericksburg, with its railroad and close proximity to the Potomac River, provided the Union Army with an ideal base for an “On to Richmond” drive. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 06/22/2023 last visited: never |
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