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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),...
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  • 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...
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  • Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (May 8–21, 1864) of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled...
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  • of battle for the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House includes: Battle of Spotsylvania Court House order of battle: Confederate Battle of Spotsylvania...
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  • Virginia, the county seat of Spotsylvania County Battle of Spotsylvania Court House during the American Civil War Spotsylvania County Public Schools, a...
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    Richard S. Ewell (category Members of the Aztec Club of 1847)
    much of the war. Still, his legacy was clouded by controversies over his actions at the Battle of Gettysburg and the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. Ewell...
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  • of the Gettysburg, PA battlefield (1863) The Bloody Angle (Spotsylvania), an American Civil War engagement at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (1864)...
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    army between Lee and Richmond, leading to the Battle of Todd's Tavern and Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. In the three years since fighting in the American...
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    John Sedgwick (category American military personnel of the Mexican–American War)
    much action. Sedgwick was killed by a sharpshooter at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House on May 9, 1864, making him and Major Generals James B. McPherson...
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    position to block this maneuver. At the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (May 8–21), Grant repeatedly attacked segments of the Confederate defensive line, hoping...
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    Richard H. Anderson (general) (category People of South Carolina in the American Civil War)
    fighting in the Eastern Theater of the conflict and most notably during the 1864 Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. Anderson was also noted for his...
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    Spotsylvania Courthouse is a census-designated place (CDP) and the county seat of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States, located 10 miles (16 km)...
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    including the Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of the Wilderness, Battle of Fredericksburg, and Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. The war resulted...
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    Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, where on 9 May 1864, Union General John Sedgwick was killed by a Confederate Whitworth sharpshooter at a range of...
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    George H. Steuart (brigadier general) (category People of Maryland in the American Civil War)
    the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, and exchanged in the summer of 1864. He held a command in the Army of Northern Virginia for the remainder of the...
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    James Clay Rice (category People of Massachusetts in the American Civil War)
    brigadier general of volunteers in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was killed at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House in May 1864. Rice...
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    1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment (category Units and formations of the Union Army from Maine)
    the Overland Campaign in the spring of 1864. At the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, the regiment took its first heavy casualties—6 officers and 76...
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    Abner Monroe Perrin (category Confederate States of America military personnel killed in the American Civil War)
    senior officer of the Confederate States Army in the American Civil War until he was killed in action at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. Perrin was...
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    breaks off from the Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards. May 8–21 – American Civil War – Battle of Spotsylvania Court House: Some 4,000 die in...
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    140th New York Infantry Regiment (category Units and formations of the Union Army from New York (state))
    some of the most bloody and devastating battles of American Civil War including the Battle of the Wilderness, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House and Cold...
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    17th Michigan Infantry Regiment (category Units and formations of the Union Army from Michigan)
    actively engaged in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, and charged the southern Confederate works at Spotsylvania Court House. In this charge the regiment...
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    another battle on a more favorable field. Elements of Lee's army beat the Union army to the critical crossroads of Spotsylvania Court House and began...
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    Frederick Alber (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    private with Company A of the 17th Michigan Infantry on August 19. Engaged with the 17th Michigan in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House in 1864, he captured...
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    Army of Northern Virginia. The two had fought an inconclusive Battle of the Wilderness and were engaged in heavy fighting at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court...
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    1st Rockbridge Artillery (category Artillery units and formations of the American Civil War)
    Battle of Gettysburg, the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, and the Siege of Petersburg. After the Confederate abandonment of Petersburg, the 1st Rockbridge...
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  • 14th Indiana Infantry Regiment (category Units and formations of the Union Army from Indiana)
    well as several major battles, including the Battle of the Wilderness and the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. The Battle of Cold Harbor was the regiment's...
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    Nelson A. Miles (category People of the Great Sioux War of 1876)
    this time to the rank of major general, for his actions at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. He received the Medal of Honor on July 23, 1892,...
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    and his death at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House in 1864. Originally, the monument was located on the northwest edge of the Plain, it was later...
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    Emory Upton (category Commandants of the Corps of Cadets of the United States Military Academy)
    infantry to attack entrenched positions successfully at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House during the American Civil War, but he also excelled at artillery...
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  • Lewis A. Rounds (category People of New York (state) in the American Civil War)
    the medal on 1 December 1864 for actions performed at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House in May 1864. Rounds was born on 7 June 1843 in Cattaraugus...
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