Battle of the Wilderness

When

5 May 1864 – 7 May 1864

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

38.32° N, 77.76° W

Description

1864 battle of the American Civil War

Major battle of the American Civil War

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 General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. The fighting occurred in a wooded area near Locust Grove, Virginia, about 20 miles (32 km) west of Fredericksburg.

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• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Schlacht in der Wilderness zwischen der Army of the Potomac unter Generalmajor George Gordon Meade und der Army of Northern Virginia von General Robert…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Гражданская война в США: 118-тысячная армия Гранта вошла в лесной массив Глушь, встретила 60-тысячную армию южан и начала кровопролитную Битву в Глуши”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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