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Spotsylvania County, Virginia, in the American Civil War
Battle of Salem ChurchOn the 3rd of May 1863, Major General John Sedgwick led his VI Corps out from Marye's Heights. His force numbered about 23,000 men moving along the Orange…
Second Battle of FredericksburgOn the 1st of May 1863, Confederate General Robert E. Lee departed Fredericksburg with the bulk of his Army of Northern Virginia.
Battle of ChancellorsvilleIn the first two years of the American Civil War, four major attempts to capture Richmond had failed. The first foundered just miles away from Washington…
Battle of FredericksburgPresident Abraham Lincoln needed to demonstrate the success of the Union war effort before the Northern public lost confidence in his administration.