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Spotsylvania

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[spot-sil-vey-nee-uh, -veyn-yuh] / ˌspɒt sɪlˈveɪ ni ə, -ˈveɪn jə /

noun

  1. a village in NE Virginia: the scene of Civil War battles between the armies of Grant and Lee, May 8–21, 1864.


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Richard Lamb, a 70-year-old retired federal law enforcement officer who lives in Spotsylvania, Va., said he enjoyed “The Widow,” but did find some plot holes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 30, 2026

In 2021, King was an elementary school librarian in the Spotsylvania school district, where the school board voted unanimously to ban 14 books.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 17, 2024

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — The “crossroads of the Civil War,” as Virginia’s Spotsylvania County calls itself, is once again a cauldron of hostilities, this time minus the muskets.

From Washington Times Nov. 5, 2023

Things in Spotsylvania County weren’t always this way.

From Seattle Times Nov. 5, 2023

In 1722, just before retiring from the governorship, he made out a patent for 40,000 acres in Spotsylvania County to Messrs. Jones, Clayton and Hickman.

From Patrician and Plebeian Or The Origin and Development of the Social Classes of the Old Dominion by Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson

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