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Spotsylvania Courthouse

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Spotsylvania Courthouse
Spotsylvania Courthouse
Spotsylvania Courthouse
Spotsylvania Courthouse
Spotsylvania Courthouse
Spotsylvania Courthouse
Spotsylvania Courthouse
Spotsylvania Courthouse
Spotsylvania Courthouse
Spotsylvania Courthouse
Spotsylvania Courthouse
Spotsylvania Courthouse
Spotsylvania Courthouse
Spotsylvania Courthouse
Spotsylvania Courthouse
Spotsylvania Courthouse
Spotsylvania Courthouse
Phone:
(540) 898-3242 Ext 1036

Address:
9101 Courthouse Rd, Spotsylvania, VA 22553-1903

Spotsylvania Courthouse is a census-designated place and the county seat of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, located ten miles southwest of Fredericksburg. Recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census designated place , the population was 4,239 at the 2010 census. During the American Civil War, the crossroads community became a Union objective during the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, 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. The Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park includes three cemeteries. Over 15,000 Union soldiers, many unidentified, are buried in the Fredericksburg National Cemetery. The other two cemeteries are dedicated to fallen Confederate soldiers.
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