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The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, sometimes more simply referred to as the Battle of Spotsylvania (or the 19th-century spelling Spottsylvania), was the second major battle in Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Maj. Gen. George G. Meade 's 1864 Overland Campaign of the American Civil War. Following the bloody but inconclusive Battle of the ...
The order of battle for the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House includes: Battle of Spotsylvania Court House order of battle: Confederate. Battle of Spotsylvania Court House order of battle: Union.
The Bloody Angle (Spotsylvania), an American Civil War engagement at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (1864) The Bloody Angle (battle), a skirmish during the British retreat from the Battles of Lexington and Concord of the American Revolution (1775) "The Bloody Angle", a section of Doyers Street (Manhattan) in New York City's Chinatown.
The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (May 8–21, 1864) of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization May 7–12, 1864, [1] army organization May 13–25, 1864, [2] the army organization during ...
In May 1864, the Regiment under Harris' command fought at the Battle of the Wilderness, and then the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, taking part in heavy fighting at the so-called "Bloody Angle". This location was the site of some of the fiercest combat of the civil war, as Union and Confederate troops made desperate attacks and counter ...
The 14th New Jersey Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Their most notable engagement was the Battle of Monocacy, where the unit sustained heavy casualties halting a Confederate advance. Fourteen months earlier, the regiment spent their first encampment of the war guarding Monocacy Junction.
In 1864, during the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, the 12th Mississippi took part in some of the bloodiest and most intense combat of the war, at the location known as the "Bloody Angle". This location was the site of some of the fiercest combat of the civil war, as Union and Confederate troops made desperate attacks and counter-attacks ...
Daniel's men suffered the greatest losses of any brigade in the corps on the first day of the battle. During the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House on May 12, 1864, Daniel led his brigade in a fierce counterattack on the "Mule Shoe" (also known as the "Bloody Angle"), trying to recapture the important position from elements of the Army of the ...