Question

After the battle in the Wilderness, the Union and Confederate armies battled for 11 days first in terrible heat and then in pouring rain near___________ , often in bloody hand-to-hand combat that left many traumatized.

Answer 1

I believe the answer is: Spotslyvania courhouse
The battle happened on may 8th - may 20th 1864. During the period of those 12 days, each sides have to witness more than 10,000 of their comrades being slaughtered one from another (the north lost 18,000 and the south lost 12,000) which caused a lot of them to be traumatized.

Answer 2

Spotslyvania Courthouse


The battle occurred from May 8 to May 21, 1864. There was no clear winner in the battle. Ulysses S. Grant and George G. Meade led the Union and the Confederates were under the command of Robert E. Lee. It is one of the several bloodiest battle in the civil war.