Battle of Spotsylvania • Harris Farm
The EM2 Engagement at Harris Farm Virginia historical marker is on Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 208).
Engagement at Harris Farm roadside marker near Fredericksburg, Virginia
The next right turn past the marker heading west is onto Bloomsbury Drive and leads to the Harris Farm wayside markers and the 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery monument.
Text from the marker
EM2
Engagement at
Harris Farm (Bloomsbury)
On 19 May 1864 Confederate forces commanded by Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell attacked Brig. Gen. Robert O. Tyler’s heavy artillery division on the Union right flank near the Harris farm, Bloomsbury, about one-quarter mile northwest. Newly arrived from the forts protecting Washington, D.C., the inexperienced “heavies” fought as infantry and stubbornly held their ground. At dark Ewell withdrew, ending the last major engagement of the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. The Confederates suffered 900 casualties at the Harris farm, the Federals about 1,500. Two days later, the Union army marched to the North Anna River as Grant maneuvered south toward Richmond.
Department of Historic Resources 1993
Location of the marker
The marker is on the northwest side of the westbound lanes of Courthouse Road (Route 208). It is about 0.35 mile southwest of Smith Station Road, about 1.5 miles northeast of the Spotsylvania Battlefield Park and about 8 miles southwest of Fredericksburg, Virginia. There is a small pull off on the shoulder of the westbound lanes of the road, which is a divided highway. (38°13’46.4″N 77°33’45.5″W)