Place:Spotsylvania Courthouse, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States

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NameSpotsylvania Courthouse
TypeCommunity
Coordinates38.202°N 77.587°W
Located inSpotsylvania, Virginia, United States


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Spotsylvania Courthouse is an unincorporated community and the county seat of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, located ten miles (16 km) southwest of Fredericksburg. Recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census designated place (CDP), the population was 3,833 at the 2000 census.

During the American Civil War, the crossroads community became a Union objective during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, fought May 8–21, 1864. The battle, which ended in stalemate, included a brutal 20-hour struggle over a section of the Confederate defenses that became known as the "Bloody Angle". The site of the Bloody Angle and other portions of the battlefield are preserved as part of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park and administered by the National Park Service.

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