Battle of Spotsylvania • Harris Farm
The monument to the 1st Regiment Massachusetts Heavy Artillery is on a small knoll in an upscale residential neighborhood off Courthouse Road. (see map below)
Two nearby wayside markers, Baptism of Fire and Harris Farm Engagement, provide additional details of the battle.
Text from the monument:
Massachusetts
In commemoration of the deeds of the
First Regiment Heavy Artillery
Massachusetts Volunteers
(Armed as Infantry)
Three hundred and ninety eight of whose
members fell within an hour around
this spot during an action fought May 19, 1864
Between a division of the Union Army
commanded by General Tyler and a corps of the
Confederate forces under General Ewell.
Erected by the survivors of the regiment
1901
Location of the Harris Farm Engagement wayside marker
The monument and wayside markers at Harris Farm are in a residential neighborhood off Courthouse Road. When leaving Spotsylvania Battlefield Park turn left and proceed 1.4 miles on Courthouse Road. Turn left onto Bloomsbury Lane (there is a left turn lane) and proceed 0.8 mile. Continue straight onto Monument Court when Bloomsbury Lane turns left, and proceed 0.3 mile to Knob Hill Court. The monument and wayside markers are up a short hill on the right. (38°14’02.7″N 77°34’12.7″W)