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Spotsylvania
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Spot·syl·va·nia  (sptsl-vny)
A village of northeast Virginia southwest of Fredericksburg. It was the site of a major but inconclusive Civil War battle (May 8-21, 1864).
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Noun1.Spotsylvania - a village in northeastern Virginia where battles were fought during the American Civil War
Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA, Virginia - a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War
2.Spotsylvania - a battle between the armies of Grant and Lee during the Wilderness Campaign
Wilderness Campaign - American Civil War; a series of indecisive battles in Grant's campaign (1864) against Lee in which both armies suffered terrible losses
Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA, Virginia - a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War


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The Upper Spottsylvania Church also demonstrates the aggressive planting of the Virginia Baptists.
The final turning point appears to have averaged the impact of two breakpoints brought on by the Confederate Currency Reform Act of 1864 and battles in Virginia at spottsylvania Courthouse and the Wilderness.
The band of brothers--part of a unit commanded by the legendary "Jeb" Smart--saw action in Boonsboro, The Wilderness, Spottsylvania Courthouse, Petersburg, and elsewhere in war-ravaged Virginia, and somehow all managed to stay alive (for the Carter boys' Civil War service, see Shannon 1977, 20-21; Wooten 1978, 66-67; and Carter 1978, 167).
 
 
 
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