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There were eight battles within the Battle of Spotsylvania. Battle of Bloody Angle, Battle of Harris Farm, Battle of Harrison House, Battle of Laurel Hill, Battle of Ni River, Battle of Piney Branch Church, Battle of Po River, Combats at Laurel Hill and Corbin's Bridge

Battle of spotsylvania

Mark-David Reedeer May 8 through May 21, 1864

This picture depicts the main fighting of the battle between the two forces.

Spotsylvania was the second battle in General Grant's campaign against General Lee. He had suffered a great defeat at the "Wilderness" battle, but instead of retreating to camp, Grant went on with the campaign. Grant decided to move east, dodging Lee's right flank and head to his target; a road junction in Spotsylvania.

General Grant had retreated May 20, Grant decided to leave Spotsylvania and head to Hanover Juction

The Bloody Angle, was a battle within the Battle of Spotsylvania. This battle consited of mostly hand-to-hand combat and lasted for twenty-hours through the pouring rain.

"Nothing but the piled up logs of breastworks separated the combatants. Our men would reach over the logs and fire into the faces of the enemy, would stab over with their bayonets; many were shot and stabbed through crevices and holes between logs; men mounted the works and with muskets rapidly handed them kept up a continuous fire until they were shot down, when others would take their places."

-General Lewis Addison Grant

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This picture shows troops burying the dead soldiers after this massive battle.

General Robert E. Lee

General Ulysses S. Grant

General George G. Meade

Confederacy

Union

General Grant

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General Grant was born on April 27, 1822.

Ulysses Grant was the leading General in the Battle of Spotsylvania.

This is a painting of what the battle, Bloody Angle would have looked like.

Ulysses Grant died July 23, 1885.

General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate troops won the battle.

The Union had 18,399 casualties, where the Confederacy had only 12,687 casualties. In all, the number of casualties was 31,086.

The Union army had 100,000 soldiers fighting for them, while the Confederate army had 52,000. A total of 152,000 soldiers fought in this battle.

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