A Driving Tour Roadside maps and exhibits help explain the Battle of Todd's Tavern Below is the text for a brochure on the Battle of Todd's Tavern. This important cavalry clash delayed the Union advance to Spotsylvania just enough so that the Confederates could win the race to Spotsylvania.
Brochures are available in the visitor centers of the park.
After the brochure was written, maps and exhibits were placed at the site of Todd's Tavern to explain the battle. Robert E. Lee attacked him there, and in two days of heavy fighting Grant had both flanks turned and took more than 17,000 casualties. To get there, his cavalry would first have to clear Confederate cavalry from the Brock Road. This would lead to some of the most intense and important cavalry fighting of war around a country crossroads called Todd's Tavern. Major General Phillip H. Sheridan commanded the Union army's cavalry.