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On May 12, 1864, Burnside's IX Corps, having swung east in its march from the Wilderness, engaged the Confederates by way of the Fredericksburg-Spotsylvania Road and held the Federal left in this area. That morning Burnside was ordered to support Hancock's attack. He made futile efforts to dent the eastern face of the Confederate Salient, defended by Early's (A.P. Hill's) Corps. The ground between the opposing forces at this point was then open.
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Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia · United States
