#485- SPOTSYLVANIA (Part the Second)

The Civil War & Reconstruction

Richard Youngdahl

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🗓️ 17 February 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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In which the two armies clash near Spotsylvania on May 10, 1864, and Grant vows "I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:20.6	As you all will recall, when we left off last time, it was May 8, 1864, and the armies
1:27.3	were on the move, heading for Spotsylvania Courthouse.
1:31.5	George Meade had been sure the Federals would reach Spotsylvania before the Confederates,
1:36.9	but as it turned out, the rebels won the race as the Yankees march was brought to a screeching halt
1:43.4	by a determined Confederate defensive stand at a place called Laurel Hill.
1:48.3	By the end of the last episode, with Gouverner K. Warren's Fifth Corps,
1:53.3	unable to make any headway against the Confederates, now dug in at Laurel Hill,
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