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Battle of Spotsylvania Court House

Confederate Commander

Gen. Robert E. Lee

Forces Engaged: 52,000 - 63,000

Killed: 1,515

Wounded: 5,414

Captured or Missing: 5,758

Total Casualties: 12,687

Confederate Officers

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Lieut. Gen. Richard S. Ewell

Lieut. Gen. Ambrose P. Hill

Maj. Gen. Martin L. Smith

Maj. Gen. Richard H. Anderson

Maj. Gen. Charles W. Field

Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early

Maj. Gen. Edward Johnson

Maj. Gen. Robert E. Rodes

Maj. Gen. Henry Heth

Maj. Gen. Cadmus M. Wilcox

Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart

Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton

Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee

Maj. Gen. William H. F. Lee

Brig. Gen. William N. Pendleton

Brig. Gen. Joseph B. Kershaw

Brig. Gen. Benjamin G. Humphreys

Brig. Gen. William T. Wofford

Brig. Gen. Goode Bryan

Brig. Gen. John Gregg

Brig. Gen. George T. Anderson

Brig. Gen. Edward P. Alexander

Brig. Gen. John B. Gordon

Brig. Gen. Robert D. Johnston

Brig. Gen. James A. Walker

Brig. Gen. George H. Steuart

Brig. Gen. Harry T. Hays

Brig. Gen. Junius Daniel

Brig. Gen. Stephen D. Ramseur

Brig. Gen. Cullen A. Battle

Brig. Gen. George P. Doles

Brig. Gen. Armistead L. Long

Brig. Gen. Abner M. Perrin

Brig. Gen. Nathaniel H. Harris

Brig. Gen. Ambrose R. Wright

Brig. Gen. Joseph R. Davis

Brig. Gen. John R. Cooke

Brig. Gen. Henry H. Walker

Brig. Gen. William W. Kirkland

Brig. Gen. James H. Lane

Brig. Gen. Samuel McGowan

Brig. Gen. Alfred M. Scales

Brig. Gen. Edward L. Thomas

Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Rosser

Brig. Gen. Lunsford L. Lomax

Brig. Gen. Williams C. Wickham

Brig. Gen. John R. Chambliss

Brig. Gen. James B. Gordon

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Confederate Order of Battle

May 8-13, 1864

May 14-21, 1864

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Confederate Official Records

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May 9-21, 1864

Spotsylvania County, Virginia

Inconclusive

Part of the Overland Campaign

Forces Engaged: 108,000 - 115,400

Killed: 2, 725

Wounded: 13, 316

Captured or Missing: 2,258

Total Casualties: 18, 299

Union Officers

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Maj. Gen. George G. Meade

Maj. Gen. Andrew A. Humphreys

Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock

Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside

Maj. Gen. John G. Parke

Maj. Gen. Thomas L. Crittenden

Maj. Gen. David B. Birney

Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren

Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick

Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan

Brig. Gen. Seth Williams

Brig. Gen. Rufus Ingalls

Brig. Gen. Marsena R. Patrick

Brig. Gen. Francis C. Barlow

Brig. Gen. John Gibbon

Brig. Gen. Alexander S. Webb

Brig. Gen. Joshua T. Owen

Brig. Gen. J. H. Hobart Ward

Brig. Gen. Gershom Mott

Brig. Gen. Thomas G. Stevenson

Brig. Gen. Charles Griffin

Brig. Gen. Romeyn B. Ayres

Brig. Gen. Joseph J. Bartlett

Brig. Gen. John C. Robinson

Brig. Gen. Samuel W. Crawford

Brig. Gen. Lysander Cutler

Brig. Gen. James C. Rice

Brig. Gen. Horation G. Wright

Brig. Gen. David A. Russell

Brig. Gen. Henry L. Eustis

Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Neill

Brig. Gen. Frank Wheaton

Brig. Gen. James B. Ricketts

Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt

Brig. Gen. George A. Custer

Brig. Gen. David M. Gregg

Brig. Gen. Henry E. Davies, Jr.

Brig. Gen. James H. Wilson

Brig. Gen. Henry J. Hunt

Brig. Gen. Robert B. Potter

Brig. Gen. Orlando B. Wilcox

Brig. Gen. James Ledlie

Brig. Gen. Edward Ferrero

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Union Order of Battle

May 8-16, 1864

II, V, VI Corps

Cavalry, Artillery, IX Corps

May 17-21, 1864

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Union Official Records

Records 1 through 123

Records 124 through 248

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