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Spotsylvania Courthouse is a census-designated place (CDP) and the county seat of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, located ten miles (16 km) southwest of Fredericksburg. Recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census designated place (CDP), 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, lay buried In the Fredericksburg National Cemetery. The other two cemeteries are dedicated to fallen Confederate soldiers.GeographySpotsylvania Courthouse is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the census designated place has a total area of 8.7 square miles, of which 8.6 square miles is land and 0.04 square mile is water.Put Spotsylvania at the heart of your travel plans by using our United States trip itinerary planning app.
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