American Civil War, Battle of Spotsylvania, 1864
The Battle of Spotsylvania was the second major battle in General Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign of the American Civil War. Following the bloody but inconclusive Battle of the Wilderness, Grant's army disengaged from Confederate General Robert E. Lee's army and moved to the southeast, attempting to lure Lee into battle under more favorable conditions. Elements of Lee's army beat the Union army to the critical crossroads of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia and began entrenching. Fighting occurred on and off from May 8 through May 21, 1864, as Grant tried various schemes to break the Confederate line. In the end, the battle was tactically inconclusive, but with almost 32,000 casualties on both sides, it was the costliest battle of the campaign. The Overland Campaign was a series of battles fought in Virginia during May and June 1864. Chromolithograph published by L. Prang & Company from painting by Thure de Thulstrup, 1887.
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