Confederate soldiers constructed some 4 miles of well-designed and -sited earthworks to prevent Union troops from capturing the Virginia crossroads hamlet of Spotsylvania Court House in May 1864. Rather than bypass the formidable defenses, Ulysses Simpson Grant launched multiple ground assaults against them. (Library of Congress)
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