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Spotsylvania

Spotsylvania . By Marissa Anderson and Kayla Hollis. May 8-21 1864. It took place in the Rapidan -Rappahannock River which is located at Virginia. Union Generals. Ulysses S. Grant. George E Meade. Confederate General. Robert E Lee. On May 7.

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Spotsylvania

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  1. Spotsylvania By Marissa Anderson and Kayla Hollis

  2. May 8-21 1864 • It took place in the Rapidan -Rappahannock River which is located at Virginia

  3. Union Generals • Ulysses S. Grant • George E Meade

  4. Confederate General • Robert E Lee

  5. On May 7 • After the Wilderness fight the Union tried to take Spotsylvania. • On their attempt to steal Spotsylvania they got caught. • Them getting caught declared War between the Union and the Confederates. • This would take place on May 8.

  6. What happened? • On May 9 each army began to take up new positions North of the small town to continue the War. • On May 10 winfield s. hanncock led an attack against the Mule shoe in the same manner that upton had attacked in May these were the less successful days. • On May 13 3 A.M. the remants of lees second corps had finished construction on a fall back line.

  7. What happened? • On May 18 Grant sent two of his corps to attack the new line, but they were met with a bloody repulse. • On May 20-21 the two armies were on their way to take positions along the North, Anna River, another dozen miles closer to Richmond.

  8. The Union Won!!

  9. Statistics Union • In all 100,000 men and women • 18,000 killed, wounded, or lost Confederacy • In all 52,000 men and women • 12,000 killed, wounded, or lost

  10. Did you know? • This was the second major battle • This battle was slow but steady series of arching shifts to the left by Grant • The battle was sometimes called the “The Bloody Angel of Spotsylvania” • So many men and women were killed that when a man or woman was put on top of another that the men under them would sink farther into the mud

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