Battle of Spotsylvania Court House

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The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House was a major and brutal engagement of the American Civil War’s Overland Campaign in May 1864, marked by intense trench warfare and heavy casualties between Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
engagement of the American Civil War
alsoKnownAs Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
surface form: Battle of Spotsylvania
belligerent Confederate States of America
Union (United States)
surface form: United States of America (Union)
campaignCommanderConfederate Robert E. Lee
campaignCommanderUnion Ulysses S. Grant
characterizedBy heavy casualties
prolonged close-quarters combat
trench warfare
commander George G. Meade
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
commemoratedBy Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park
surface form: Spotsylvania Court House Battlefield
ConfederateCasualtiesApprox 12000
conflict American Civil War
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dateEnd 1864-05-21
dateStart 1864-05-08
followedBy Battle of North Anna
front Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
hasTypeOfCombat artillery bombardments
entrenched defensive warfare
infantry assaults
hasWarTheater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
surface form: Virginia theater of the American Civil War
involves continuous combat over nearly two weeks
field fortifications
managedBy Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park
militaryUnit Army of Northern Virginia
Army of the Potomac
notableEvent Union assault on the Mule Shoe salient on May 12, 1864
notableFor one of the bloodiest days of the Civil War on May 12, 1864
notableLocation Bloody Angle
Mule Shoe salient
partOf Overland Campaign
place Spotsylvania County, Virginia
precededBy Battle of the Wilderness
result inconclusive
state Virginia
strategicObjectiveConfederate to halt Union advance toward Richmond
strategicObjectiveUnion to destroy Robert E. Lee’s army
strategicOutcome continued Union advance southward
tacticalOutcome Confederate defensive lines held overall
totalCasualtiesApprox 30000
UnionCasualtiesApprox 18000
year 1864

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Army of Northern Virginia notableBattle Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Winfield Scott Hancock notableBattle Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Fredericksburg siteOf Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
subject surface form: Fredericksburg, Virginia
this entity surface form: Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (nearby)
Spotsylvania County, Virginia historicalEvent Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Gouverneur Kemble Warren participantIn Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Eastern Theater of the American Civil War notableBattle Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment engagement Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
83rd Pennsylvania Infantry notableEngagement Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain battle Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Brigadier General Harry T. Hays participatedIn Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
subject surface form: Harry T. Hays
II Corps (Union Army of the Potomac) engagedIn Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
A.P. Hill notableBattle Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Richard S. Ewell participatedIn Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Union Brigadier General Francis Channing Barlow notableBattle Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
subject surface form: Francis Channing Barlow
Richard H. Anderson participatedIn Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House alsoKnownAs Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
this entity surface form: Battle of Spotsylvania
Battle of the Wilderness followedBy Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
1st Massachusetts Cavalry participatedIn Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia engagement Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
National Park Service (through Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park) significantEvent Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
subject surface form: Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park
Confederate infantry notableEngagement Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park notableStructure Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
this entity surface form: Bloody Angle at Spotsylvania Court House
Fredericksburg National Cemetery commemorates Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
this entity surface form: Spotsylvania Court House campaign
First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia engagedIn Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Kershaw's Brigade (Confederate) participatedIn Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Spotsylvania Courthouse wasSiteOf Battle of Spotsylvania Court House