BRIG. GEN. JAMES S. WADSWORTH WAR MEMORIAL
BRIGADIER GENERAL AND BREVET MAJOR GENERAL UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS COMMANDING 4TH DIVISION, V CORPS, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED NEAR THIS SPOT MAY 6, 1864 AND DIED TWO DAYS LATER IN THE FIELD HOSPITAL OF HILL'S CONFEDERATE CORPS: HE FELL ATTEMPTING DESPERATELY TO RESIST A CONFEDERATE ADVANCE WHICH THREATENED THE STRATEGIC PLANK-BROCK ROAD INTERSECTION.
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Details
Memorial Type:
Plaques On Stone
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
CIVIL WAR
Year Dedicated:
Photograph By:
BILL COUGHLIN
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