The Bloody Angle in the fall
from Chris
We recently had an inquiry from a guest about the local battlefields (Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania). She and her family were trying to plan their visit, and she asked me one of the hardest-possible questions: “Which battlefield do you think would be the most interesting to visit?”
That’s such a hard question because each battlefield is different, and each has something different to offer visitors. That …
Historian-in-Residence Chris Mackowski has a new book coming out this spring that touches on one of the area’s most notorious battles. Hell Itself: The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-7, 1864, covers the opening engagement of what became the 1864 Overland Campaign. (The battle of Spotsylvania Court House, where Stevenson Ridge is located, followed on May 8-21, 1864.)
Chris has written books about Spotsylvania, as well as the next phase of the campaign, at the North Anna River, and …