"The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (8-21 May 1864) was a pivotal engagement in the Overland Campaign, a major Union offensive during the final year of the American Civil War (1861-1865). The battle saw some of the most intense fighting of the war, particularly at a point called the 'Bloody Angle,' where thousands of soldiers were killed or wounded in a bitter hand-to-hand struggle that lasted over 20 hours. The two-week battle was inconclusive, ending when the Union army disengaged from the Confederates to continue their push toward Richmond."
"With few roads, low visibility, and little room for units to maneuver, it had been a chaotic, panic-filled battle. Men had fired blindly into the trees ahead, forced to crouch or lie down, the air was so thick with bullets. Regiments had groped forward through the gloom in clumsy, uncoordinated assaults, with some entire companies taken prisoner after blundering straight into enemy lines."
Spotsylvania Court House (8–21 May 1864) was a major engagement in Grant's Overland Campaign as Union forces pressed toward Richmond. The battle featured brutal, prolonged combat at the Bloody Angle where intense hand-to-hand fighting lasted over twenty hours and caused thousands of casualties. The encounter followed the chaotic Wilderness fight with limited roads, poor visibility, and forest fires that increased suffering. The two-week clash produced heavy losses but yielded no decisive result; Union forces ultimately disengaged and continued their advance toward Richmond, maintaining strategic pressure despite failing to destroy the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
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