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SPOTSYLVANIA COURT HOUSE
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UPTON'S ATTACK (10)
Upton Road (At the start of Upton's attack)
N.P.S. Interpretive Sign near the start of Upton's attack
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The Location of Upton's Attack
(The sign marks the Confederate earthworks)
Upton's forces attacked from the wood line.
N.P.S. Interpretive Sign near the point of Upton's attack
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17TH MICHIGAN VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT (9)
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AT 2 P.M., MAY 12TH, TWO NINTH CORPS BRIGADES WERE ORDERED TO ATTACK THE CONFEDERATE WORKS ONE-QUARTER MILE SOUTHEAST OF THIS SPOT. THE 17TH MICHIGAN WAS ON THE EXTREME LEFT OF THE FEDERAL LINE. AS THE REGIMENT APPROACHED ITS OBJECTIVE, BRIG. GEN. JAMES LANE'S NORTH CAROLINA BRIGADE EMERGED FROM THE THICK WOODS AND STRUCK IT ON THE LEFT FLANK. IN THE BLOODY HAND-TO-HAND FIGHTING THAT FOLLOWED, THE 17TH MICHIGAN LOST ITS NATIONAL COLORS AND 189 OF THE 225 MEN IT CARRIED INTO BATTLE. THREE SOLDIERS LATER RECEIVED THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR THEIR BRAVE BUT UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORTS TO SAVE THE COLORS. |
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