During this battle, Ulysses S. Grant sent a telegram to Washington claiming "I propose to fight it out on this line, if it takes all summer."
During this battle, Ulysses S. Grant sent a telegram to Washington claiming "I propose to fight it out on this line, if it takes all summer." While the frontal attack on Laurel Hill failed, Emory Upton found some success in this battle by innovatively ordering his men to charge the Confederate positions without pausing to fire and reload. It was the site of the highest ranking Union casualty in the war, when John Sedgwick was killed by a sniper. While this battle raged, Grant dispatched Philip Sheridan at the head of a massive cavalry unit which won the Battle of Yellow Tavern, mortally wounding J.E.B. Stuart. The bloodiest battle of the Overland Campgain, this battle included intense fighting at a portion of the Mule Shoe known as the Bloody Angle. For 10 points, name this 1864 Civil War battle which took place near a Virginia courthouse just after the Battle of the Wilderness.
During this battle, Ulysses S. Grant sent a telegram to Washington claiming "I propose to fight it out on this line, if it takes all summer."
Battle of {Spotsylvania} Court House