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WILDERNESS and SPOTSYLVANIA 1864 Grant Versus Lee in the East WILDERNESS AND SPOTSYLVANIA 1864 Grant versus Lee in the East ANDY NUNEZ ILLUSTRATED BY PETER DENNIS CAMPAIGN 267 WILDERNESS AND SPOTSYLVANIA 1864 Grant versus Lee in the East ANDY NUNEZ ILLUSTRATED BY PETER DENNIS Series editor Marcus Cowper CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 5 CHRONOLOGY 6 OPPOSING COMMANDERS 8 The United States of America The Confederate States of America OPPOSING ARMIES 12 The Union Army The Confederate Army OPPOSING PLANS 24 Union plans Confederate plans THE BATTLES OF THE WILDERNESS AND SPOTSYLVANIA 27 Grant crosses the Rapidan May 5 – day one of the battle May 6 – day two of the battle May 7–8 – the race to Spotsylvania May 8 – the battle of Spotsylvania begins May 9 – Lee digs in May 10 – Upton’s near-triumph May 12 – the Bloody Angle The rest of May 12 AFTERMATH 87 THE BATTLEFIELDS TODAY 92 FURTHER READING 94 INDEX 95 Prelude to the Wilderness Prelude tothe 1. Hancock’s II Corps breaks camp just after midnight on May 4 and 4. At dawn, Ewell’s II Confederate Corps leaves its positions along the marches for Ely’s Ford, his final destination is Chancellorsville. Rappahannock in the vicinity of Clark Mountain and marches for the 2. Warren’s V Corps leaves its camp around the same time and old Mine Run entrenchments. Later they would be ordered on down crosses the Germanna Plank Road toward Wilderness Tavern. the Orange Turnpike. 3. At 4am Sedgwick’s VI Corps falls in behind Warren. 5. Burnside’s IX Corps leaves Mannassas Junction (off map) and marches for Germanna Ford at 7am. 6. Longstreet’s I Confederate Corps leaves the Gordonsville area sometime in the early morning and marches as far as Brock’s Bridge on the North Anna that night (off map). 7. Hill’s III Confederate Corps leaves the Orange Court House vicinity XXX XXX and marches along the Orange Plank Road toward Verdiersville. 5 8. Hancock arrives at Chancellorsville and sets up camp that evening. XXX V 1 Raccoon Ford Road II 9. Warren arrives at the crossroads of Germanna Plank Road and VI 3 2 Warren Hancock Orange Turnpike that evening and sets up camp. Ely’s Ford Road 10. Sedgwick camps at the heights beyond Germanna Ford for the night. Rapidan River Sedgwick 10 Summerville 11. Ewell arrives at Locust Grove that evening and camps just beyond it. Ford Road 12. Hill arrives at Verdiersville that evening and sets up camp. Germanna Plank Road XXXX ad o R d o o Grant/Meade Rappahanock w s t Mountain Run t o River XXX p S 9 II Wilderness Tavern 4 Ewell Lacy House 8 Locust Grove Chancellorsville Fredericksburg 11 d oa R nk Pla range Verdiersville Mine Run O XXXX New Verdiersville Parker’s Store Unfinished Orange Turnpike Lee 12 Railroad Cut Todd’s Tavern Brock Road Courthouse Road Shady Grove Church Catha Ro XXX rp in ad Po River III 7 Richard’s Shop Hill Spotsylvania North Anna River N L a 0 5 miles w y er’ 6 s Roa 0 5km d to Gordonsville INTRODUCTION The American Civil War had been raging for three years by May of 1864. In the West, Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant had achieved a string of victories from the fall of Vicksburg to the relief of Chattanooga. In the East, Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee had managed to keep the Union Army of the Potomac at bay, even making forays into Union territory. Lee had been stopped cold at Gettysburg, and retreated back to Virginia, the Army of the Potomac following along. Union President Abraham Lincoln felt that there would be no ending the war unless Lee’s army was decisively defeated. He sent for Ulysses S. Grant to come eastward and the events began to come together for the main event of the Civil War. The two most aggressive and successful commanders on both sides would clash in the campaign that would decide the course of the war in the east. Grant the bulldog. Former Since mid-1861, Lincoln had run through a large string of commanders commander of the Army of the Potomac and potential for the main eastern army, from Irvin McDowell, George B. McClellan, John presidential candidate George Pope, McClellan again, Ambrose Burnside, Fighting Joe Hooker to George McClellan cautions President Meade. All of them let opportunities slip and lost sight of the real way to shut Abraham Lincoln about down the Confederacy: destroy the Army of Northern Virginia. Most saw bringing Lieutenant-General capturing Richmond as the prize, but few made more than half-hearted Ulysses S. Grant to the East to defeat Robert E. Lee, but attempts to do so. Most of them started with big plans, then got cold feet Lincoln was determined to the closer they got to real battle, or were bewildered by Lee’s ability to win. (Library of Congress) throw away the tactics book and get away with it, like dividing his army at Chancellorsville to take down Joe Hooker. Meade faced down Lee at Gettysburg in July 1863, but instead of snapping at his heels, he slowly swept Lee along, as in Lincoln’s words, “like an old woman shooing her geese across a creek.” Lee was back in Virginia, rebuilding his army and surely preparing for another advance. Frustrated, Lincoln called for Grant. 5 CHRONOLOGY 1864 May 3 Grant orders Meade to move the Army of the Potomac across the Rapidan the next morning to march around the right flank of Lee’s army and head for Richmond, traveling through a dense area known as the Wilderness. May 4 Just after midnight, units of the Army of the Potomac begin their march, concurrent with offensives in the West and along the James River. Alerted, Lee moves the Army of Northern Virginia, minus Longstreet’s corps, to meet Grant. May 5 Units of the US V Corps and the CSA II Corps meet along the Orange Turnpike while further south a cavalry fight begins along the Orange Plank Road, followed by the CSA III Corps which then engages the US II Corps. Both sides dig in, Lee desperately wishing for the arrival of his I Corps, which was camped farther away. May 6 Grant attempts an offensive all across the front but Confederate resistance is heavy. The US II Corps breaks the outnumbered CSA III Corps with assistance from other US corps. The CSA front is stabilized by the arrival of James Longstreet’s I Corps which then flanks the US II Corps under Winfield Hancock and almost routs the entire wing of the US forces until Longstreet is wounded and the offensive stops. On the Northern flank, a CSA flanking maneuver under John B. Gordon surprises units of John Sedgwick’s VI Corps and routs them, the front only being saved by darkness. Longstreet is replaced by R. H. Anderson. May 7 Grant decides to disengage his army and move around Lee toward Spotsylvania Courthouse. Lee’s army quickly wheels and barely gets there in time to keep possession of the vital crossroads in the town. A. P. Hill, of the CSA III Corps falls ill and is replaced by Jubal Early. 6 May 8 The US V and VI Corps assault the solidifying trench lines of Anderson and Richard Ewell. Grant orders his cavalry commander Philip Sheridan to raid the area between Lee’s army and Richmond. Lee sends his cavalry commander Jeb Stuart to stop him. May 9 Sedgwick is killed by a sniper and his corps is given to Horatio Wright. Union troops from the V, VI, II and Ambrose Burnside’s IX Corps fail to make any breakthroughs. May 10 Grant attempts to break the Confederate trench line, especially a salient called the Mule Shoe and nearly succeeds with a division of troops under Emory Upton. The breach is sealed but 1,000 Confederates are taken prisoner. Grant decides to try a larger attack. May 11 Except for minor actions, the battle is paused while Grant prepares a new assault on the Mule Shoe salient. Jeb Stuart is mortally wounded at the battle of Yellow Tavern. May 12 The US II Corps sneaks up to the tip of the Mule Shoe under cover of a heavy fog and attacks on a two-division front, capturing over 2,000 prisoners and several cannon. Only a fierce counterattack by John B. Gordon seals the breach. Supporting attacks fail to make headway. Jeb Stuart dies of his wound. May 13–14 Grant maneuvers his V and VI Corps to try to flank Lee, but is hampered by wet weather. May 15–17 Minor actions occur as Grant tries to maneuver to gain a superior position over Lee. May 18 The US II and VI Corps assault the CSA II Corps to no avail. Grant decides to try to get around Lee’s right flank. May 19 The CSA III Corps under Richard Ewell attacks the maneuvering Union Army but gains little except confirmation Grant is disengaging. Grant begins a march toward Richmond once more as Lee scrambles to get in front of him. The battle of Spotsylvania ends. 7 OPPOSING COMMANDERS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Ulysses S. Grant was a failure at Ulysses Simpson Grant (Commander of the Union Army). Appointed to the business but a smart general newly created rank of lieutenant-general, Ulysses S. Grant would soon find whose string of victories in the himself Commander in Chief of all Union armies and on a collision course West catapulted him to the with the Confederacy’s star general.
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