Battle of Spotsylvania Court House

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The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House was a major and brutal engagement of the American Civil War’s Overland Campaign in May 1864, marked by intense trench warfare and heavy casualties between Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
engagement of the American Civil War ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Spotsylvania ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States of America (Union) ⓘ
campaignCommanderConfederate Robert E. Lee ⓘ
campaignCommanderUnion Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
characterizedBy heavy casualties ⓘ
prolonged close-quarters combat ⓘ
trench warfare ⓘ
commander George G. Meade ⓘ
Robert E. Lee ⓘ
Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
commemoratedBy Spotsylvania Court House Battlefield ⓘ
ConfederateCasualtiesApprox 12000 ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateEnd 1864-05-21 ⓘ
dateStart 1864-05-08 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of North Anna ⓘ
front Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
hasTypeOfCombat artillery bombardments ⓘ
entrenched defensive warfare ⓘ
infantry assaults ⓘ
hasWarTheater Virginia theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
involves continuous combat over nearly two weeks ⓘ
field fortifications ⓘ
managedBy Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park ⓘ
militaryUnit Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
Army of the Potomac ⓘ
notableEvent Union assault on the Mule Shoe salient on May 12, 1864 ⓘ
notableFor one of the bloodiest days of the Civil War on May 12, 1864 ⓘ
notableLocation Bloody Angle ⓘ
Mule Shoe salient ⓘ
partOf Overland Campaign ⓘ
place Spotsylvania County, Virginia ⓘ
precededBy Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
result inconclusive ⓘ
state Virginia ⓘ
strategicObjectiveConfederate to halt Union advance toward Richmond ⓘ
strategicObjectiveUnion to destroy Robert E. Lee’s army ⓘ
strategicOutcome continued Union advance southward ⓘ
tacticalOutcome Confederate defensive lines held overall ⓘ
totalCasualtiesApprox 30000 ⓘ
UnionCasualtiesApprox 18000 ⓘ
year 1864 ⓘ

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Army of Northern Virginia → notableBattle → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
Winfield Scott Hancock → notableBattle → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
Fredericksburg, Virginia → siteOf → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (nearby) ⓘ
subject linked to: Fredericksburg
linked to: Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Overland Campaign → includesBattle → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
Spotsylvania County, Virginia → historicalEvent → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
Gouverneur Kemble Warren → participantIn → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
Eastern Theater of the American Civil War → notableBattle → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment → engagement → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
83rd Pennsylvania Infantry → notableEngagement → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain → battle → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
Harry T. Hays → participatedIn → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
subject linked to: Brigadier General Harry T. Hays
II Corps (Union Army of the Potomac) → engagedIn → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
A.P. Hill → notableBattle → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
Richard S. Ewell → participatedIn → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
Francis Channing Barlow → notableBattle → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
Richard H. Anderson → participatedIn → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Spotsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Battle of the Wilderness → followedBy → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
1st Massachusetts Cavalry → participatedIn → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia → engagement → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park → significantEvent → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
Confederate infantry → notableEngagement → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park → notableStructure → Bloody Angle at Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Fredericksburg National Cemetery → commemorates → Spotsylvania Court House campaign ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia → engagedIn → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
Kershaw's Brigade (Confederate) → participatedIn → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
Spotsylvania Courthouse → wasSiteOf → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
Birney's Division → notableEngagement → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
V Corps (Union Army) → notableEngagement → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
Ellis Spear → battle → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
III Corps, Army of the Potomac → engagedInBattle → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
Union III Corps → notableBattle → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
1st Division, V Corps → engagement → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
106th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment → participatedIn → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
Union V Corps → engagedInBattle → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
Eastern Theater (American Civil War) → includesBattle → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
subject linked to: Eastern Theater
Emory Upton → participantIn → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
Early's Division → engagement → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
James S. Wadsworth → notableBattle → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
R. H. Anderson’s Division → engagement → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
Army Group under Ulysses S. Grant → notableEngagement → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
Iron Brigade → engagedIn → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia → engagement → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
1st Division, II Corps → engagement → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment → engagement → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment → participatedIn → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
Richard Heron Anderson → notableBattle → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
Bloody Angle → partOf → Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
Bloody Angle → alsoKnownAs → Bloody Angle at Spotsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Spotsylvania Court House