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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.
Spotsylvania County, VA | May 8 - 21, 1864. The inconclusive Battle of Spotsylvania Court House was the second major engagement in Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ’s Overland Campaign, a major Union offensive to chase down Robert E. Lee, destroy his forces, and defeat the Confederacy. How it ended. Inconclusive.
In May 1864, Confederate forces clashed with the advancing Union Army in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, which lasted for the better part of two weeks and included some of the bloodiest...
At the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Union troops attack in a formation of about 250 men wide and 20 men deep. Partially concealed by fog, the assault captures 3,000 Confederates who have trouble firing in the rain.
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, (8–21 May 1864), Union failure to smash or outflank Confederate forces defending Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War (1861–65).
American Battlefield Trust’s downloadable map of the May 12, 1864 fighting at the Mule Shoe Salient, the bloodiest fighting of the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, part of the Overland Campaign in Virginia.
More often the assaults defied precise definition. The battle assumed an unspeakable character all its own, unrelated to strategy and tactics or even victory and defeat. "The horseshoe was a boiling, bubbling and hissing cauldron of death," wrote a Union officer.
May 8–21, 1864 — Clash at Spotsylvania Court House From May 8 through May 21, the two armies built networks of complex trenches and engaged in a series of give-and-take battles around Spotsylvania Court House that again resulted in high casualties.
The large and lengthy Battle of Spotsylvania Court House was inconclusive, but both sides claimed victory in the aftermath. Over almost two weeks of fighting, Confederate General Robert E. Lee held his ground and prevented Union General Ulysses S. Grant from winning a breakthrough.
The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House was fought between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America from May 8, 1864, to May 21, 1864, during the American Civil War. Quick Facts