General Robert E. Lee had surprised new Union commander U.S. Grant by immediately attacking the advance of his Overland Campaign against Richmond. Bloody fighting went on for a second day in the forest and shrub of Spotsylvania County. The clash of Confederate units under Ewell, Hill, and Longstreet with the full Union Corps of Warren, Sedgewick, and Hancock brought appalling casualties to both sides. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
Charles P. Roland, An American Iliad: The Story of the Civil War (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002), 171-174.
Record Data
Date Certainty
Exact
Type
Battles/Soldiers
