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Spotsylvania Court House

battle Facts

08 May 1864 - 21 May 1864

Outcome: Inconclusive: Grant and Lee meet inconclusively, Grant writes to Halleck "I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer".

173,000 Troops

Union

Commander(s)Ulysses S Grant George G Meade
  • 18,000 Casualties
  • 2,725 Killed
  • 13,416 Wounded
  • 2,258 Missing & Captured

Confederacy

Commander(s)Robert E Lee
  • 12,000 Casualties
  • 1,515 Killed
  • 5,414 Wounded
  • 5,758 Missing & Captured

30,000 Casualties