A Season of Slaughter: The Battle Of Spotsylvania Court House May 8-21, 1864 (Chris Mackowski, Kristopher D. White - CWC) Section - Battlefield Guid Based on close examination of

Based on close examination of the letters and records left behind by individual soldiers from both the North and the South

its roll call of casualties far exceeded its number of survivors

living along the very roads on which Lee's army retreated

By: Rick Reeves

A Season of Slaughter: The Battle Of Spotsylvania Court House May 8-21, 1864 (Chris Mackowski, Kristopher D. White - CWC) Section - Battlefield Guid Based on close examination ofA Season of Slaughter: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, May 8 21, 1864 (Emerging Civil War Series) by Chris Mackowski & Kristopher White I intend to fight it out along this line if it takes all summer, Union commander Ulysses S. Grant wrote to Washington after hed opened his Overland Campaign in the spring of 1864. His resolve entirely changed the face of warfare. Promoted to command of all the Federal armies, the new lieutenant general chose