Spotslyvania
May 1864
This picture depicts the drama of the tradgic demise of the 5th Regiment at the Mule Shoe salient at Spotslyvania.  Durning this attack  many of units bravest men, including the brigade commander and Company K's Captain George Washington Kurtz were either killed or captured.  Following the the battle only 164 of the Regiment remaind.
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