battle of spotsylvania courthouse

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1. a battle between the armies of Grant and Lee during the Wilderness Campaign (noun.act)

instance hypernym	:	pitched battle,
definition	:	a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place (noun.act)

part meronym	:	wilderness campaign,
definition	:	American Civil War; a series of indecisive battles in Grant's campaign (1864) against Lee in which both armies suffered terrible losses (noun.act)

domain region	:	old dominion, old dominion state, va, virginia,
definition	:	a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War (noun.location)