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Bloody Angis battle at Spotsylvania May 12 1864
The Union Army under Grant assaults the Confederate Mule Shoe salient at Spotsylvania Court House Virginia. Fierce close combat rages from dawn to midnight with heavy casualties and captures, ending only as night falls. Major figures include Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock and Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, with references to Stonewall Jackson’s former brigade and sniper John Sedgwick’s death. The engagement is described as the most desperate in modern warfare with brutal hand to hand fighting and massive reinforcement actions.
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