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U. S. CIVIL WAR
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LANDRAM HOUSE PLAQUE
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LANDRAM HOUSE
These stone chimneys are all that remain of the Landram House. A
prominent landmark during the Spotsylvania Campaign. The
Confederate picket reserve stood here shivering in the early
morning fog on May 12, 1864 when the silence was suddenly shattered
by the assault of 20,000 Federals of the II Corps. The sentries
were quickly engulfed and the blue wave swept over the 550 yards
of rolling open terrain crashing into the surprised Rebels at the
salient. Shortly after 7:00 A.M. General Hancock, commanding the
II Corps, moved his headquarters forward to the Landram house in
plain view of the day-long fighting. Unlike so many soldiers who
passed it, the Landram house survived the battle only to fall prey
to fire in the more peaceful times of 1905.
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