Campaign : Grant’s Overland Campaign.
Date : May 8-21, 1864.
Principal Commanders : Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Maj. Gen. George G. Meade [US]; Gen. Robert E. Lee [CS].
Estimated Casualties : 30,000 total (US 18,000; CS 12,000).
Gen. Robert E. Grant’s and Maj. Gen. George G. Meade’s advance on Richmond, stalled at Spotsylvania Court House on May 8.
May 12-13: Union attack against the Bloody Angle, captured nearly a division of Lee’s army.
Fighting continued for nearly 20 hours.
May 19: Confederate attempt to turn the Union right flank at Harris Farm failed.
May 21: Grant disengaged.
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