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Battle of the Wilderness. May 5-6, 1864. The Wilderness, Spotsylvania and Orange Counties, Va. Chris Heisey. BY NOAH ANDRE TRUDEAU. The great spring campaign of 1864 was about to get underway. For weeks Confederate General Robert E. Lee had watched the Union forces camped to the north of the Rapidan River grow in size and confidence.
Battle Of The Wilderness. Information about The Battle Of The Wilderness, an 1864 Civil War Battle of the American Civil War. Battle Of The Wilderness Facts. Location: Spotsylvania and Orange Counties, Virginia. Dates: May 5-7, 1864. Generals: Union: Lt. Gen Ulysses S. Grant | Confederate: General Robert E. Lee.
The Battle of the Wilderness marked another tactical Confederate victory. Grant watched both of his flanks crumble on May 6 and lost more than twice as many soldiers (about 18,000 to 8,000) as did Lee.
The Battle of the Wilderness, fought May 5–6, 1864, was the opening engagement of the Overland Campaign during the American Civil War (1861–1865).
May 5-7, 1864. The Battle of The Wilderness. In early May, 1864, the Army of the Potomac and independent IX Corps, now both under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and numbering about 120,000 men, left their winter camps in Culpeper County and marched south toward the Rapidan River fords.
Apr 30, 2024 · Battle of the Wilderness, battle in the American Civil War fought in northern Virginia on May 5–7, 1864, the first battle of Union General Ulysses S. Grant ’s "Overland Campaign," a relentless drive to defeat once and for all Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee ’s Army of Northern Virginia and capture the South’s capital at Richmond ...
Mar 17, 2024 · May 5–7, 1864. Fought between May 5 and 7, 1864, the Battle of the Wilderness was the first major battle in Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign.
