Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Confederate Commander
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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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
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May 9-21, 1864
Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Inconclusive
Part of the Overland Campaign
National Park Service
History of the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
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Battlefield Trust
Spotsylvania Court House Hell Defined
Bloody Horror of Upton's Charge
Battle Map Laurel Hill May 8, 1864
Battle Map Upton's Charge May 10, 1864
Overland Campaign Animated Map
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Southern Historical Society Papers
Captured Guns at Spotsylvania Courthouse
at Spotsylvania Court House
Maj. Gen. Johnson at Spotsylvania
Battle near Spotsylvania Court House on May 18, 1864
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C-Span
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
YouTube
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
125th Anniversary Reenacting
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Maps
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New York Times Articles
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Union Commander
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. Thomas L. Crittenden
Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren
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
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Union Official Records
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Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964.
------------------- Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992.
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