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Spotsylvania

[ spot-sil-vey-nee-uh, -veyn-yuh ]

noun

  1. a village in NE Virginia: the scene of Civil War battles between the armies of Grant and Lee, May 8–21, 1864.


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Example Sentences

And so behold him as a hermit once more, settled in a deserted cabin not far from the battle-field of Spotsylvania.

All along the lines about Spotsylvania desperate fighting occurred that day, but the battle was distinctly a draw.

Spotsylvania was a continuation of the Wilderness with the fighting increased, if possible, in ferocity.

Their commander, now Gen. Stevenson, was killed in battle at Spotsylvania.

A courthouse was built there, for a new county had been cut from Essex and was called Spotsylvania, in the Governor's honor.

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