Grant, after five days of trench warfare…

May 1864 CE

Grant, after five days of trench warfare at Spotsylvania Court House—the "Bloody Angle"—and some twelve thousand casualties, informs General Henry Halleck: “I propose to fight it out along this line if it takes all summer.”

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Spotsylvania Spotsylvania Virginia United States View →

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George Gordon Meade View → Henry Halleck View → John Sedgwick View → Robert E. Lee View → Ulysses S. Grant View →

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Virginia, Commonwealth of (U.S.A.) View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Confederate States of America (C.S.A.) View →

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American Civil War (War between the States, War of the Rebellion, War of Secession, War for Southern Independence) View → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War View → American Civil War & Reconstruction; 1864 through 1875 View → Overland Campaign View → Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of the View →

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