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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4JP_the-federals-fall-back_Locust-Grove-VA.html
In front of you are the remains of trenches manned by the Union army on May 5-6, 1864. When Gordon attacked these works from the north, your left, the Federals abandoned them and fell back to a new position one mile to your front and right. The Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4JN_gordons-attack-falters_Locust-Grove-VA.html
Union reinforcements rushed to the sound of fighting as twilight turned to darkness in these gloomy woods. The Confederates lost direction and momentum in the smoky gloaming, and eventually the firing died away. Gordon's attack had achieved only a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4JM_gordons-flank-attack_Locust-Grove-VA.html
The right flank of the Union line rested here in the early evening of May 6. Two Union brigades occupied this area with the benefit of neither strong works nor substantial artillery support. Suddenly, the Rebel yell echoed through the forest. Nort…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4JJ_john-gordon-proposes-a-flank-attack_Locust-Grove-VA.html
On the morning of May 6, Confederate General John B. Gordon occupied the far Confederate left, in this vicinity, with his brigade of Georgians. Gordon reconnoitered to his left and front and discovered the Union right flank to be vulnerable to an …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4JI_morning-of-may-6_Locust-Grove-VA.html
On the morning of May 6, the main focus of the battle shifted more than two miles south, to the Orange Plank Road. Here, north of the Orange Turnpike, both armies planned early morning attacks as diversions to prevent the enemy from detaching more…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4JH_fighting-on-the-evening-of-may-5-1864_Locust-Grove-VA.html
Confederate General Leroy A. Stafford of Louisiana fell mortally wounded in this vicinity during the afternoon fighting. General Ewell, however, continued to reinforce this line, extending it farther to the north, your left. When the Federals atte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4JF_the-culpeper-mine-road_Locust-Grove-VA.html
The road trace in front of you is the Culpeper Mine Road, typical of the woods trails that composed the primitive transportation network in the Wilderness. Even a path like this possessed military significance, and Confederate troops from the famo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4JD_the-confederate-defense_Locust-Grove-VA.html
Confederate troops commanded by General Richard S. Ewell arrived on this ridge line on the morning of May 5. Ordered by General Lee not to initiate a battle, Ewell placed 10,000 men along this high ground on either side of the Orange Turnpike (pre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4JC_gordon-flank-attack-trail_Locust-Grove-VA.html
In this field and its surrounding woods fell nearly one-third of the men killed or wounded in the Battle of the Wilderness.
The two-mile Gordon Flank Attack Trail tracks the Battle of the Wilderness in all its horrible forms: the open-field Uni…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3LD_union-headquarters_Locust-Grove-VA.html
Ellwood stood in the midst of the Wilderness, a dark, forbidding forest characterized by stunted trees and densely tangled undergrowth. When the Confederates challenged General Ulysses S. Grant's advance through the Wilderness on May 5, 1864, the …