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On May 12, 1864, the trenches of the Confederate Salient ran southward from this point, while the road continued westward along a secondary line held by Gordon's Division. Here Gordon's line tied into the east face of the Salient, where Ewell's right joined the left of A.P. Hill's Corps, temporarily under Early. On the morning of May 12, Lane's Brigade of Hill's Corps stopped a portion of Hancock's Corps sweeping down the Salient, and later in the day Lane prevented Burnside's IX Corps from cooperating in the general Federal attack.
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Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia · United States
