The bloody Battle of Spotsylvania Court House took place in May 1864. The frantic backandforth fighting at an area now called the Bloody Angle was among the fiercest singleday battles of the entire Civil War. How did the bulletriddled stump of a oncemighty oak tree there become a symbol of the conflict? What can its story tell us about that day’s battle and the broader history of the Civil War? Readers will out the answers to these questions and discover more of what the Spotsylvania Stump can tell us about history.
The bloody Battle of Spotsylvania Court House took place in May 1864. The frantic backandforth fighting at an area now called the Bloody Angle was among the fiercest singleday battles of the entire Civil War. How did the bulletriddled stump of a oncemighty oak tree there become a symbol of the conflict? What can its story tell us about that day’s battle and the broader history of the Civil War? Readers will out the answers to these questions and discover more of what the Spotsylvania Stump can tell us about history.
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