The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (8-21 May 1864) was a pivotal engagement in the Overland Campaign, a major Union offensive during the final year of the American Civil War (1861-1865). #History #RobertE.Lee #AmericanCivilWar #ArmyOfThePotomac #BloodyAngle #UlyssesS.Grant #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2844-en/
#OTD in 1936: #Philadelphia #Mafia boss John #Avena and associate Martin Feldstein were machine gunned from a passing car near the intersection of Washington and East Passyunk avenues. The location was within the short stretch of #Passyunk known as the #BloodyAngle. Avena and Feldstein died of their wounds.
Read about it:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2018/08/mafia-boss-shot-down-at-phillys-bloody.html