Battle of the Wilderness
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The Battle of the Wilderness was fought on May 5–7, 1864, during the American Civil War. It was the first battle of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against Genera
Grant being cheered by his men after the battle
Maj Gen G. Meade
Gen R. E. Lee
Portion of the Wilderness battlefield photographed in 1865 near Palmer and Spotswoods houses
The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, sometimes more simply referred to as the Battle of Spotsylvania, was the second major battle in Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Maj. Gen. George G. Meade's 1864 O
Battle of the Wilderness
…moved to the southeast, intending to leave the Wilderness to interpose his army between Lee and Richmond, leading to the Battle of Todd's Tavern and Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. In the three years since fighting in the American Civil War had begun in 1861, the United States Army (a.k.a. the Union Army) made little progress…
1887 illustration of the battle
Spotsylvania Courthouse, 1864
Maj. Gen. George G. Meade, Army of the Potomac
Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock, II Corps