Although they did not know the details of their objectives, the Union soldiers who had survived the frontal assaults at Spotsylvania Court House seemed to be in no doubt as to what they would be up against in the morning.
Selv om de ikke kendte detaljerne i deres mål, lod det ikke til, at unionssoldaterne, som havde overlevet de frontale angreb ved Spotsylvania Court House, var i tvivl om, hvad de ville stå overfor om morgenen.