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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SY_a-region-of-gloom_Spotsylvania-VA.html
From the time of its earliest settlement, this region was known as "The Wilderness of Spotsylvania" because of its dense thickets and poor soil. Locals called the countryside just west of the Wilderness "The Poison Fields." High concentrations of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ST_chancellorsville-campaign_Spotsylvania-VA.html
May 2, 1863. Shortly after noon, Sickles' Corps advanced from the Union right-center to attack the "retreating" Confederates. Posey's and Wright's brigades, part of Lee's holding line, met the advance. A rear guard from Jackson's marching column a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SR_matthew-fontaine-maury_Spotsylvania-VA.html
Near this spot was bornMatthew Fontaine1806 Maury 1873——Pathfinder of the seasAuthor of physical geography of the seaFounder of the science of meteorologyFirst to conceive the idea of an Atlantic CableUnder his direction the first ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SL_todds-tavern_Spotsylvania-VA.html
On May 7, 1864, Union Gen. George Meade ordered his chief of cavalry, Gen. Philip Sheridan, to clear the road to Spotsylvania. Barring the way was a division of Confederate cavalry commanded by Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, posted here at Todd's Tavern. Sher…
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En route to Spotsylvania, Union Gens. U.S. Grant and George Meade halted at Todd's Tavern, a country inn that once occupied this site. Finding all the beds taken, the generals stretched out to rest on the dirt floor. In the morning, a military ban…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SI_todds-tavern_Spotsylvania-VA.html
After two days on inconclusive fighting in the Wilderness, Union Gen. U.S. Grant determined to push on to Spotsylvania Court House, ten miles south. Possession of the roads near Spotsylvania would give the Army of the Potomac the inside track, for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SE_jackson-on-the-move_Spotsylvania-VA.html
About 10 a.m. on May 2, 1863, Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's flanking column approached this then-cleared ridge on the Furnace Road. Union infantrymen perched in trees at Hazel Grove, three-quarters of a mile to the northwest,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SD_about-a-mile-in-the-distance_Spotsylvania-VA.html
About a mile in the distance, beyond the vista cut through the trees, you can see modern buildings on high ground which at the time of the battle of Chancellorsville was called Hazel Grove. When "Stonewall" Jackson began his famous flank march ear…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SB_bivouac_Spotsylvania-VA.html
BivouacLee and JacksonNight ofMay 1, 1863.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S9_a-bold-plan_Spotsylvania-VA.html
Here, on the evening of May 1, 1863, Generals Robert E. Lee and "Stonewall" Jackson hatched one of the boldest schemes in military history. Hunched over maps beside a small fire, the two generals plotted how to destroy the Union army, now entrench…