...e 7th, General Lee, with firm reliance on the ability of a small body of his troops to hold heavy odds in check until he could bring assistance, sent Anderson, who had been promoted to the command of Longstreet 's two divisions, to confront his columns at Spotsylvania Courthouse. Stuart, too, threw his cavairy across Grant's line of march on the Brock road. The enemy's cavalry (division) failing to disl...