The 35th crossed the Rapidan two days later as part of the Ninth Corps and, passing over the battlegrounds at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, arrived in the Wilderness during the second day's battle. In the movement toward Spottsylvania ,the Fifth Corps were charged with the duty of seizing Spottsylvania Court House. Both the Fifth and Ninth Corps were in line of battle on the north of Spottsylvania. Here occurred one of the most fierce and deadly struggles of the war. In the engagement of May 18, 1864, the 35th participated. The result of the battles leaving the Union lines intact, another turning movement was determined upon.