| Title |
Civil War, Spotsylvania, Virginia, circa 1981-1990
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| Description |
Civil War, Spotsylvania, Virginia, circa 1981-1990. Caption reads: "For two weeks Grant's Northern forces engages in battle with Lee's Southern forces near the village of Spotsylvania Court House. On May 12, 1864, some of the most savage fighting in American history took place at the Bloody Angle, where men fired at each other point-blank and then bayoneted and clubbed one another to death. Although not a clear victory for either side, after Spotsylvania Grant continued his advances south to Richmond. Background: Spotsylvania Confederate Cemetery. Clockwise from top right: Confederate Memorial; Union Memorial; Bloody Angle Monument." Postcard number: VA 187.
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| Extent |
2 images; Postcard; color |
| Date |
1981/1990 |
| Location |
United States; Spotsylvania; Keysville; Virginia; North America |
| Subject(s) |
Monuments & memorials; Cemeteries; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of, Va., 1864; Postcards |
| Citation |
Institute of American Deltiology Postcard Collection, Series Virginia, Box 13 |
| Permanent Link |
https://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/15075
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| Rights |
http://vocab.lib.umd.edu/rightsStatement#CNE
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| Terms of Use |
Collection may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the University of Maryland Libraries.
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