Spotsylvania 150th Civil War Anniversary

We started our journey in Washington DC with a train ride from the out skirts of DC into the Mall area

 



 

Sherry at her hero monument

Sherry from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial

My Capital Lady

Sherry and me at the WWII Texas Memorial

 

From DC we traveled to Yorktown and Williamsburg.










 

From Yorktown we drove to the Battle of the Crater at Cold Harbor.

 

Sherry and I then went to the 150th Anniversary of the Spotsylvania Court House Battle (Post Wilderness Battle) in Virginia.  We also made a pass through Yorktown, Williamsburg, and Mount Vernon.


Close to here is where my Great Grandfather was captured early on the morning of May 12.

Spotsylvania Court House Battle was the Bloodiest battle of the Civil War and its where my Great Grand Father was captured at the "Bloody Angle".  He was a member of a Louisiana Infantry Regiment that was overrun and perhaps saved his life as the battle continued for 22 hours in hand to hand trench fighting.



For 22 hours on May 12 -13 a Ranger stood as a sentinel at the Bloody Angle.



 

Our last stop was Mount Vernon and a dinner with my Cousin Marguerite who lives close by.