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(5-02) Spotsylvania Courthouse
Battlefield
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Photos courtesy of Billy Roberts,
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(1984)
Spotsylvania Courthouse Battlefield
Monument to MG
John Sedgewick, commander of the Sixth Corps, Army of The Potomac and sits
on the spot where he was killed by a Confederate sharpshooter on May 9,
1864. He had just admonished a soldier who was dodging bullets with the
statement, "Why, what are you dodging for ? They could not hit an elephant
at that distance." Seconds later he was dead,
shot through the head by one of the sharpshooters whose aim he had derided |
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(1984)
Spotsylvania Courthouse Battlefield
The wartime
road used by the troops of Col. Emory Upton preparatory to their attack on
the Mule Shoe Salient on May 10, 1864. Upton proved that the Confederate
line could be cracked, but lacked insufficient troops to exploit the
breach and had to withdraw. When the results of the attack were reported
to Grant, he remarked, " A brigade today; we'll try a corps tomorrow" |
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(1984)
Spotsylvania Courthouse Battlefield
Remains of Confederate trenches
at the Mule Shoe Salient |
