A brutal 1864 clash ended with 31,000 casualties but no clear winner
The 1864 Battle of Spotsylvania Court House saw some of the most intense hand-to-hand combat of the American Civil War, resulting in staggering losses for both the Union and Confederacy.
Over nearly two weeks in May 1864, the armies of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee engaged in a brutal war of attrition. The fighting reached a peak at the 'Bloody Angle,' where soldiers fought for 22 continuous hours in torrential rain, often across the same breastworks.
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