Lee-Vs-Grant-Brochure.Pdf

Lee-Vs-Grant-Brochure.Pdf

FREDERICKSBURG # 1864 CAMPAIGN SITES # R A Chatham # Gordonsville – Longstreet’s camp. Home to Exchange Union supply wagons P (National Park P Headquarters) Hotel Civil War Museum. crossed the Rapidan River A # Montpelier – Site of Confederate winter camps, 1863–1864. as Federal troops fought H A # Orange – Confederates moved from this area to meet Grant in The Wilderness. N 218 in The Wilderness. N # Town of Culpeper – Union camps dotted area prior O 3 to 1864 Overland Campaign. C T. 3 S LIAM K # Germanna Ford – Union soldiers crossed here May 4, 1864, BURNSIDE WIL starting the Overland Campaign. (Union) To Washington D.C., # Fredericksburg Wilderness Battlefield Exhibit Shelter – National Park SEDGWICK Visitor Center 34 miles site at the scene of heavy fighting May 5-6, 1864. (Union) # Brandy Station R Todd’s Tavern – Union and Confederate cavalry clashed (Remington, 11 miles) Battlefield S I here May 6-7, 1864. 522 C O P A P V R R H I O I N A L E # C I Spotsylvania Battlefield – National Park tour reviews S N E Graffiti T S E . R 674 P D S the fighting of May 8-21, 1864. LV S House E B A T T . 663 ET N AY O LAF N A # Spotsylvania Court House Historic District – CULPEPE R E S q City Dock – T T u (Multiple Sites) . Battle shattered the village in 1864. Walking tours available. Fredericksburg Battlefield Pontoon Bridge i O HANCOCK Kelly ’s Ford a Crossing M # Harris Farm – Site of last engagement of Spotsylvania 15 (Union) Visitor Center C r 29 e fighting, May 19, 1864.. 1 ek A 1864 Overland Campaign Historic Route # Zion Methodist Church – Spotsylvania landmark. 612 C Confederate Troop Movements from Camps Union army turned to Massaponax here in May 1864. Cedar Mountain R Battlefield WARREN 3 I # (Union) Massaponax Church – Site of photographs showing V S T AFFO RD 630 Union Troop Movements from Camps Federal high command planning campaign. 29 E ) 95 R # Plantations on Guinea Station Road – Antebellum R R 1864 Overland Campaign Site R C ULP EP ER A homes line route of Union march in May 1864. 629 a R P i A Aquia r Other Civil War Trails Site # Guinea Station – Site of Stonewall Jackson’s death 522 P P Landing James City 15 d I D A n Potomac in 1863 is on Union march route a year later. Battlefield A R 17 Hartwood a N E H Creek 608 Other Civil War Site x I V Church # Bethel Church – Gens. Grant, Meade, and Burnside had MADISO N e R A Bridge l N Po ree headquarters here, May 22-23, 1864. A Germanna N toma C k National, State or County Park O c & Ford 1 # EWELL C K Bowling Green – Union soldiers broke into stores, freed 611 (Confederate) 3 e Mine 608 Information or Welcome Center prisoners, and looted the town May 21, 1864, during march g R n Run I 626 to the North Anna River. MA D ISO N a 610 V r Wilderness Battlefield E Restrooms Handicap Accessible O R # Milford Station – Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac ( Exhibit Shelter Chancellorsville 607 Railroad station. Site of skirmish prior to North Anna, White Oak 231 Battlefield Church/Museum May 20, 1864. O RANGE First Day at 15 Chancellorville 218 # Carmel Church – Union army reunited here in preparation HILL-EWELL DR. FREDE RICKSBURG 621 for attacks at the North Anna River. Locust Grove Rochelle 3 20 Widow Tapp 3 # Ox Ford Battlefield (North Anna River) – Confederates (Jack’s Shop) Farm 29 617 1 turned back Union attacks May 24-25, 1864. Hanover County Salem Church 17 Slaughter Pen Farm One of a series of Parker’s Store park. Tour information for North Anna Battlefield available. 621 photographs by 612 Timothy O’Sullivan • Hanover Junction – Critical railroad junction Lee hoped Montpelier Verdiersville Todd’s Tavern of a Union High to protect by defending the North Anna line. (Winter Camps) Fredericksburg Pelham Harris command meeting # Mangohick Church – Elements of the Union army ORANG E Spotsylvania Battlefield Monument HILL 608 Farm at Massaponax marched past here after the North Anna battle. (Confederate) 613 Battlefield . 17 Church. U.S. Grant D # Ashland – Lee marched his troops through here on the way Visitor Center 522 R 208 704 PIN Spotsylvania is leaning over to Cold Harbor. 20 AR TH 608 A Visitor Center a church pew # 651 C Massaponax Nelson’s Crossing – Union army II and VI Corps crossed Spotsylvania Court House Church conferring with the Pamunkey River here. SP O TSY LVANIA Historic District his commanders. # 608 Haw’s Shop/Enon Church – Fierce cavalry battle fought 231 15 here May 28, 1864. 20 Zion Methodist Church Plantations on Guinea Station/ R A # 612 Stonewall P P C K R Totopotomoy Creek – Site of fighting May 28-June 1, 1864. Guinea Station Road 607 A H A N N O I Jackson Shrine V E # Yellow Tavern – Site of the mortal wounding of Confederate R 33 LONGSTREET 208 P O Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, May 11, 1864. (Confederate) R I 2 651 V # Polegreen Church – Church destroyed by artillery 669 E R 609 June 1, 1864, prior to Cold Harbor. GORDONSVILL E 606 # Meadow Bridge – Union cavalry were nearly trapped after Exchange Battle of Yellow Tavern, May 1864. Hotel 626 # Battlefield at Cold Harbor – A National Park visitor 620 632 center and Hanover County park commemorates and inter - 669 prets the battles fought May 31-June 12, 1864. 15 # Trevilian Station – Cavalry fought here June 11-12, 1864, 33 638 301 as Grant began infantry move. (Multiple Trails sites.) 613 # Long Bridge – Union troops crossed Chickahominy River Bethel Church 605 Trevilian Station BOWLIN G GRE EN here after disengaging at Cold Harbor. (Multiple Sites) # 95 Court House Complex Wilcox’s Landing – Site of main Union army James River 22 and Old Star Hotel crossing, this one via boat. Now a Charles City County park. 207 (No modern bridge.) 669 1 # LOUISA 722 North Bend – Union cavalry headquarters, June 1864. Confederate cavalry Flowerdew Hundred – Parts of Union army crossed to Milford • Station commander J.E.B. this site on pontoon bridge over James River.6 H4 istorical park. LO U IS A 676 Stuart (inset) was (Waynesboro, 38 miles) (No modern bridge.) N O CA ROLINE mortally wounded # 208 R Prince George Court House – Large Federal cavalry T 207 during the Battle 33 H M camp located here. of Yellow Tavern, A A # Baylor’s Farm – African American Union troops involved N T May 11, 1864. To Charlottesville N in fighting here June 15, 1864. A R I V E T (see inset below) 250 R A # Port Walthall Junction – Two actions here in May 1864 P O to control railroad. Confederate soldiers beg Lee to ( V i r 656 g i n 655 N # Swift Creek – Union Gen. Butler repulsed an effort to 29 return to the rear as fighting grows i a I C R disrupt Confederate supply lines, May 9, 1864. 522 intense in The Wilderness. e n t r a l R R ) I 20 Carmel 301 V E R # Ellerslie – Plantation was a key Confederate site during Rio Hill Church Swift Creek fighting. 684 654 North Anna 2 # 250 Battlefield Par k Petersburg National Battlefield – Initial Union assaults Confederate on Petersburg defenses, June 15, 1864. Statues 652 # Cavalry Assault – Site of Union cavalry assault against 64 250 Petersburg, June 9, 1864. CHARLOTTESVILLE Ox Ford Battlefield Hanover Junction 602 # RELATED CIVIL WAR SITES # 64 • Kelly’s Ford – Confederate Maj. John Pelham killed during 30 651 cavalry battle here March 17, 1863. 64 H ANO VE R • Brandy Station Battlefield – Largest cavalry battle on the North American continent, June 9, 1863. 29 • Graffiti House – Union and Confederate soldiers covered 638 plaster walls with still-visible graffiti, 1863–1864. Mangohick • Cedar Mountain Battlefield – Stonewall Jackson led 522 Church Confederates in battle here August 9, 1862. 54 604 • James City Battlefield – Day-long cavalry battle here ALBEMARLE Hanover Oct. 10, 1863. ASHL AND Tavern • Rochelle ( Jack’s Shop) – J.E.B. Stuart was almost 615 54 cornered but escaped during this Sept. 22, 1863 battle. ) 20 33 R • Aquia Landing – Important Union supply base for R 605 campaigns in 1862-1864. c a Potomac Creek Bridge – Union supply trains crossed m • o 95 360 here daily on a “cornstalk and beanpole” bridge. t Nelson’s Lieutenant Colonel Charles L. Chandler o 1 Crossing KI NG • White Oak Church/Museum – Site of Union camp in win - rallying the 57th Massachusetts Infantry P 301 ter of 1862. Museum with related artifacts. at Ox Ford, May 24, 1864. & 615 605 g WILL IA M r Enon Church Fredericksburg Visitor Center – Information here about 2 Haw’s Shop • u U N 30 the city’s Civil War history. b 606 k M K s e 6 Yellow Tavern e A E Y R k r Totopotomoy C P I • City Dock – Union infantry crossed here on a pon toon The first Union attacks on c (J.E.B. Stuart y V Confederate Meadow Farm i Creek ot opotomo bridge before assaulting Lee’s army, Dec. 1862. r 295 Monument) T Cemetery and thinly held Confederate lines E Museum e 643 • Fredericksburg Battlefield Visitor Center – Canal Basin Square at Petersburg were successful; 250 d 615 R SCOTTSVILLE e Information here about the battles at Fredericksburg, r Polegreen Church 627 but resistance stiffened F 606 Wilderness, Spotsylvania and Chancellorsville. 6 resulting in a siege. , d 627 Slaughter Pen Farm – Civil War Trust walking trail, site n 628 • o Bethesda R I V of failed Union attack on Jackson’s position, Fredericksburg, S E m Meadow Church E R h M 20 64 Dec.

View Full Text

Details

  • File Type
    pdf
  • Upload Time
    -
  • Content Languages
    English
  • Upload User
    Anonymous/Not logged-in
  • File Pages
    2 Page
  • File Size
    -

Download

Channel Download Status
Express Download Enable

Copyright

We respect the copyrights and intellectual property rights of all users. All uploaded documents are either original works of the uploader or authorized works of the rightful owners.

  • Not to be reproduced or distributed without explicit permission.
  • Not used for commercial purposes outside of approved use cases.
  • Not used to infringe on the rights of the original creators.
  • If you believe any content infringes your copyright, please contact us immediately.

Support

For help with questions, suggestions, or problems, please contact us