 Lee had stopped Grant, but had not turned him back, and Grant had not destroyed Lee's army.Under similar circumstances, previous Union commanders had chosen to withdraw behind the Rappahannock, but Grant instead ordered Meade to move around Lee's right flank and seize the important crossroads at Spotsylvania Court House to the southeast, hoping that by interposing his army between Lee and Richmond, he could lure the Confederates into another battle on a more favorable field.As of May 7, Grant's Union forces totaled approximately 100,000 men.