Battle of Spotsylvania • Tour the Battlefield • Monuments & Markers • The Armies
The Battle of Spotsylvania monument is in the Spotsylvania Court House Historic District in front of the Court House on the southeast side of Courthouse Road. (see map below) It was erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1927.
Text from the monument:
Battle of Spotsylvania
May 12 – 18, 1864, between the armies of
Lee and Grant is unmatched for its
display of unyielding heroism and
devotion to duty and principle.
Here thousands of valorous men,
fighting with bayonets and clubbed muskets,
wrote their imperishable epitaph.
Erected by the
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania Chapters, U.D.C.
*1927 *
Location of the Battle is Spotsylvania monument
The monument is in the Spotsylvania Historic District on the southeast side of Courthouse Road about 60 yards northeast of its intersection with Brock Road. (38°12’05.1″N 77°35’20.0″W)
(go to the main Spotsylvania Court House Historical District page)
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