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Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military ParkGrant's Headquarters
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Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
Grant's Headquarters
Tour Stop 1 Sign
General Grant intended to march through the Wilderness and attack the Confederates where he assumed they awaited him at Mine Run. However, Robert E. Lee choose to strike Grant's men while they were entangled in the dense undergrowth of the Wilderness. Grant established his headquarters on a slight knoll above the Orange Turnpike, today Route 20.
 
Trail Sign to Grant's Knoll
A short trail leads to the location of Grant's headquarters.
 
Sketch of Grant at his headquarters
This sketch shows Grant, seated in the center of the image, on the knoll which he used as his command post.
 
Interpretive Signs at Grant's Knoll
Interpretive exhibits on Grant's Knoll.
 
Site of Wilderness Tavern

Proceed to Wilderness Tavern Site
Bloody Angle at Spotsylvania Battlefield  

Did You Know?
The longest sustained intense fight of the Civil War occured at the Bloody Angle, a slight bend on the west side of the Mule Shoe at Spotsylvania. For up to 20 hours men were engaged in a hand-to-hand and close in fight that not even darkness put an end to.

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