one of them were captured in spotsylvania. throughout the campaign through the 64 there were 18,119 men that were present on may 5 when the campaign started. a little over a year later i'm a little less than a year later on april 9, 1865, 5,036 men surrendered as a part of the famous unit. basically being a historian and my math isn't always that great but that is 18,883 casualties. if you put it down it is simply 41 men everyday through the overlaying campaign into 65 that would die in the service of the second core. so with that as they pulled into the second core of a 31 of the 40 men that had served as brigade commanders in the army on may 5 by the third at the assault was no longer with the army. 35,000 of the approximately 70,000 soldiers have been killed or wounded in 30 days. "herbert was the head of something new. we have said if they reached the river it was just a matter of time. after cold harbor he does reach the river and he does reach petersburg. and as he said it is just a matter of time. it's less than a year

spotsylvania is one of lee's greatest triumphs. but some rebels were becoming troubled by grant's seemingly inexhaustible manpower. they said killing yankees was like killing mosquitoes. to gain for every one killed. union losses in spotsylvania were staggering 18,400. in 15 days of campaigning, grant's army had lost 37,000 men, nearly one-third of his army of 120,000. and cox corps suffered most, 11,500, nearly half of what it began with. lee's total losses were less, 12,600 spotsylvania, 22700 total. but they cut deep. 35% of the 66,000 troops that fought in the wilderness were now dead, wounded or in captivity. during the night of may 20 and 21st, the union army slipped away from spotsylvania to the southeast. grant again hoped to get between lee and richmond and forsake on active battle. and again tried to traveling the inside out was quicker. on the south banks of the north and the river, lee's chief engineer, general martin smith, devised a brilliant defensive alignment that resembled an inverted v., the apex aimed at the riv

southern fauquier county, now coming in to spotsylvania.cking off to the theenorthea coming into fredericksburg between now and 6:00. a brief heavy downpour. don't have any severe damaging winds or anything like that with this. just a thundershower this morning with heavy downpours and lightning moving through. it should be coming in to southern maryland, charles county and st. mary's in about another hour or two. and 8:00, 30% chance of additional shower. by noon, hot and humid and hitting low 90s during the afternoon. about a 40% chance of a passing storm this afternoon between 3:00 and 7:00. but by 8:00, most of it should be done. mid-80s by then. partly cloudy through the night. by this time tomorrow morning, into the mid-70s. a look at rain chances for the week ahead coming nest weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:51. melissa, anything going on on the roads? >>> i want to remind you of the situation where megan mcgrath was earlier. missouri avenue westbound at georgia still shut down. wider look, all green into and out of town. outer lo

mary's, stafford, spotsylvania, faulkier, as well as the lower neck and eastern shore later in the evening. probably no tornados. a very small chance of hail. greater chance of damaging winds. only a small chance of flash flooding. temperatures near 70. later this afternoon, up near 90 before the storms arrive. after they leave, saturday, showers. beautiful on sunday, monday. low humidity. more showers tuesday. melissa now with breaking news. >> more breaking news. this is 66 east bound at prince william parkway. another crash here is slowing things down as you can see as you approach that area. 270 at montrose road. a crash on the right side of the lanes of the roadway. moved off to the shoulder. very slow from that earlier accident. a wider look. things l. just inside the beltway is pretty slow from that earlier crash as well. 95 in virginia. as you head out of stafford county, you look pretty good until you hit dale city. very slow all the way into woodbridge. looking pretty good. no major problems. i step back here and want to show you indian head as you approach the beltway. a little

staffed and spotsylvania near 50. st. mary's, air arundel.ight jacket needed much of the morning. you can shed the jacket and you will be comfortable in short sleeves. have an umbrella with you. you might get a few scattered sprinkles as the front comes in north and

would become the lead in the nt government and in the stone wall heights at fredericksburg but in spotsylvania he's caught out in the open and is outnumbered and he must improvise. so he is building the massive field of fortifications and and the runners of the entrenchments that we would see later on in europe in world war ii. the plan is very simple. the execution is simple. the confederates stand shoulder to shoulder and face things in a certain direction and begin to dig throwing a person front of them. all of the trees are chopped down to bring forward to reinforce the end they commend and about 6 inches above the earth the end they commend has placed to protect the soldier when they are standard at the earthwork so they can fire out between the earth and the headboard with activities and protection. the sharpened stakes are pointing towards the enemy has further protection. every ten to 15 feet along the line. there is fire coming in from the side and as impressive as they are to the confederates they are even more impressive to the union soldiers. the union soldiers had not yet encounte

upper 50s in fairfax, loud ann, stafford, spotsylvania. charles, st. mary's in the upper 50s. low 60s in washington and by the bay. weekend weather. how hot will it get saturday? low 80s with lots of sunshine. great weather for outdoor activities. another gorgeous day coming up. not very humid either. hitting the low 80s. and then as we get into the first part of next week, back to work and school on monday, a possibility of showers moving in. probably not until monday hen the again 80 degrees. storm team 4 seven-day outlook into tuesday. we'll have a chance of showers through the day and cooler weather with highs around 70. then dry out on wednesday and thursday next week. again, mild pattern hanging in. 70s on wednesday. up near 80 on thursday afternoon. coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:31, let's check the morning commute with melissa on the road. she's got breaks news. >>> georgetown pike completely block at old dominion drive. police on the scene. that is going to be blocked for some time we understand. wider look at things, the beltway actually looking pr

about 60,000 people who paid real estate taxes in spotsylvania would get the rebate. >>> arlington county is moving full-speed ahead with plans to have a street car and they approved a 26 milli$26 million for design of the street car and run from fairfax county to pentagon city and a second section from potomac city to the yard and it could be ready by 2020. >>> there is a software glitch for people who use apple. they are pulling a just released update for ios 8. some people say it left their phone without its fingerprint sensor and worse without cell service at all. this comes a day after reports hit the web the new iphone 6 plus can bend easily in your pocket. some say that's because the phone is too long and the frame is too thin. >>> an effort to stop a staff infection from spreading backfires. a big mistake that landed some high school athletes in the hospital with severe burns. >>> a prayer vigil for a missing uva student will get under way in less than an hour. in le[ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, we know in the cyber world, threats are always evolving. at first, we were p

. >>> well, you can soon buy a house on the chancellorsville battlefield in spotsylvania county. they report the county board of supervisors approved construction on the legends of chancellorsville. more than 200 homes will be built on the north side of route 3. >>> using a smart trip card to hop on the metro may soon be a thing of the past. they'll test new payment options to make it quicker and easier. beginning in january metro will test a program that uses your smartphone, credit card, federal i.d. card, even watches embedded with a chip to pay for your fare. a new fare gate will be installed at ten stations. >> sounds like a great idea. the less paper and plastic and things that you use, a lot more convenient for everybody. everybody got a phone. >> the new payment option will also be tested on select buses. you can begin signing up for the pilot program next months. >>> in a few weeks you can park at another garage when you ride the metro silver line. the fairfax county board of supervisors reached an agreement with the owners of tower building on west park drive about a ha

staffed and spotsylvania near 50. st. mary's, air arundel. a light jacket needed much of the morning. you can shed the jacket and you will be comfortable in short sleeves. have an umbrella with you. you might get a few scattered sprinkles as the front comes in north and west. then walking the dog this morning, you need a light jacket. temperatures in the 50s between now and 8:00. partly cloudy after that. 60s between 8:00 and 10:00. still knee a jacket walking the dog. weather and traffic at 5:11. your bus stop forecast. a look at hour-by-hour changes. . >>> good morning, tom. starting off in maryland on the top side of the pelt way. here's a live look at new hampshire area. all lanes open. looking good. continuing on the outer loop, colesville and continuing on the spur, all lanes open with no major delays. 66 towards the beltway, this is a live look where all lanes are again open and no major delays. aaron and eun, back to you. . >>> right now crews just reopened 124 in gaithersburg after it was closed the last 12 hours because of a water m

southern prince william, stafford, spotsylvania, 4:00 and 5:00.ween 5:00 and 8:00 moving into the metro area. a look at a weekend warmup next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:51. how is the commute going? . >>> chopper 4, tail lights med inbound at this point. so pretty slow on 66. 270, montrose, moving along. not terrible. just seeing normal volume. outer loop, 95 to 270, 10 minutes behind. quantico, 40 minutes. fairfax to the beltway, again, about 10 minutes behind. i'm back in 10 minutes as well. >> see you then. 6:40. staying on top of the newest developments in syria. overnight, more air strikes in two parts of the country. . >>> we're learning the the u.s. has hit a group connected to al qaeda. richard engel is live in turkey now sorry the syrian border with that and more. it appears richard may not be able to hear us. we will try to get him back a little bit later on this morning. >>> a scathing report found d.c. gives out traffic tickets to people who do not deserve them many the discussion coming the about what to do with this new infor

it nearly blunders into a great mess and ends up being a slugging match at spotsylvania courthouse. it is not a great situation. we have a great deal of conflict and tension between meade and sheridan, such as they can't work together. grant does learn one lesson. when he orders this raid he is going to keep wilson's division with the army. he is going to send sheridan with two divisions. the object is to march along the north bank of the north anna river, fall upon the railroad junction where the central railroads come together, destroyed the railroad junction, march down the fridge and you central railroads, where he will destroy the railroad junction, and meet up with the army of david hunter advancing up the shenandoah valley, bring hunters army back, which will cross and move on petersburg investing petersburg from three sides. butler's army in the east, the potomac in the center, hunters army from the west. it is a brilliant plan if it works. sheridan leaves on the morning of june 7, and within minutes the confederates know about it. a servant who was loyal to the confederacy

. >>> today a woman is expected in court to face charges in the murder of her own mother in spotsylvania c she is charged with conspiracy to commit murder. her mother nancy was found dead in her home may 18th. she was a nurse at washington medical center. another woman, christina brown, is also charged in the case. we should hear today what led a police officer to shoot a te in may. the officer said he shot the teen while he was lung at with the knife. the teen was suicidal. tonight georgetown u pride board plans to t a student assault two weeks ago on m street. a student was walking at 1:30 in the morning. a man came up to him, made a derogatory remark and his perceived sexual orientation. the meeting is at 7:00 p.m campus >>> metro will stay an hour later. the last train leaves at 12:11. blue at 12:24. morgan boulevard, 12:14. and the last blue line train leaves at 12:32. you will be able to make transfers to other lines at certain stations. now on the field the redskins trying to bounce back from a tough loss against the giants. but there are some questions, a lot of them, heading int

. >>> today a woman is expected in court to face charges in the murder of her own mother in spotsylvaniaounty. she is charged with conspiracy to commit murder. her mother nancy was found dead in her home may 18th. she was a nurse at washington medical center. another woman, christina brown, is also charged in the case. >>> the woman punched repeatedly by a california highway patrol officer settled her lawsuit. you may remember this video punching her on the side of the highway back in ju. that officer settle -- rather, the woman settled with the chp for $1.5 million. as part of the settlement, officer andrew must resign from the california highway patrol. >>> the wildfire situation in california went from bad to worse. at least 10 major fires are burning. and the biggest of them near sacramento just tripled in size. king fire stretched into nevada, chewing through everything in its path. the wildfire looks like a volcano in places, spewing toxic spoke. this expanded thousands of acres every day. flames are only 40% contained. lubbock, texas is drowning in heavy rain waters. cars are subm

and radar showing some wet pavement still in prince william county, parts of stafford, spotsylvania.prinkles heading east. temperatures are mild and muggy again this morning. low to mid-70s in prince george's county. upper 60s to near 70 montgomery. most of fairfax county in the mid-70s. rest of northern virginia, loudoun, fauquier, culculpepper hovering around 70. this afternoon, noticeably less humid. highs reaching near 90 again. so the september heat wave continues. and it will continue tomorrow, too, as we'll get humidity back. storm team 4 four day forecast, could get storms south of the metro area, maybe around fredericksburg, southern maryland, highs mere 90. again on friday. hazy sunshine. humid into saturday. highs low 90s. likely storms saturday afternoon into saturday evening. and then a pressure change sunday, monday, tuesday, heat wave ends, low humidity, cooler. highs just near 80. >>> 6:23. new surveillance video showing the woman known as the serial stowaway trying to get past airport security. marilyn hartman wandering around the airport in phoenix. officers gave he

nearly blunders into a greath great mess and it ends up being with the slugging match here at spotsylvania courthouse. it's not a good situation. so we've got a great deal of conflict intention between meade and sheridan such that they can't work together. going -- going's to keep wilson's division with the army. he's going to send sheridan with two divisions. he's going to take with him toll bert and gregg. the object is to march along the north bank of the river, fall upon the railroad junction at gordonsville, march down the virginia central railroad to sharlsville where he is to destroy the railroad junction this and pete up the with david miller. he will join the army of the potomac which will have crossed the james river and moved on peetsburg. butler's army in the east, hunters army with the calvary from the west. it's a brilliant plan if it works. so sheridan leaves on the morning of june 7 and within minutes the confederates know about it. why? because a servant who was loyal to the confed rassy left the union camp went straight to tom rosser and reported the movement of this larg