American Civil War · BATTLE SITE ·
Battle of the Wilderness (1864)
On the American Civil War map as “The Wilderness”
5–7 May 1864 — Grant’s first battle against Lee is a two-day inferno in burning scrub: 18,000 Union casualties. Then, at the Brock Road crossroads, the army turns south instead of back — and the men cheer. This general does not retreat.
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- Overland and Atlanta campaigns (chapter 9 of American Civil War)
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- The American Civil War, 1840–1877
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