Welcome to this episode of wildwestfaces, in this episode we look at The Civil War Battle in Spotsylvania, Virginia. In May 1864 pitted 100,000 Union troops against 52,000 Confederates, the fiercest fighting occurred in pouring rain on May 12. For 23 hours straight the two sides fought hand-to-hand in a field near fortifications known as the Mule Shoe, and afterward as the Bloody Angle. The terrible battle resulted in over 18,000 US casualties and deaths and the Confederates lost over 12,000.
Please sit back and listen to this fascinating account from wildwestfaces.