Today Union General Ulysses S. Grant surveys the results of the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House thus far. The fighting has raged since May 8, but his forces have been unable to break through the entrenched Confederate lines. Casualties and losses have been extremely heavy, approaching 30,000 total for both sides, about 18,000 for the…
On this second day of the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House in Virginia, Union and Confederate forces set about trying to form their respective lines to the best possible advantage in anticipation of the fighting to come. In the midst of the jockeying for position, Union Major General John Sedgwick is killed by a Confederate…
Today the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House begins, the second battle of the long Wilderness Campaign in which Union General Ulysses S. Grant, with the long term goal of capturing nearby Richmond, Virginia, the Confederate capital, attempts to outmaneuver and wear down Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Having fought Grant to…