Battle of the Wilderness

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The Battle of the Wilderness was a brutal, inconclusive 1864 Civil War clash in dense Virginia woods between Ulysses S. Grant’s Union forces and Robert E. Lee’s Confederate army, marking the start of Grant’s Overland Campaign.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Wilderness ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
campaign Overland Campaign ⓘ
casualties tens of thousands combined casualties ⓘ
category Battles of 1864 in the United States ⓘ
Battles of the Overland Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Overland Campaign
characteristic brush fires that burned wounded soldiers ⓘ
close-quarters fighting ⓘ
confused engagements due to smoke and woods ⓘ
commander George G. Meade ⓘ
Robert E. Lee ⓘ
Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
ConfederateCasualtiesApprox about 7,500 total casualties (approximate) ⓘ
ConfederateCommanderRank General Robert E. Lee ⓘ
linked to: Robert E. Lee
ConfederateForce Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date May 5–7, 1864 ⓘ
endDate 1864-05-07 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
front Eastern Front of the American Civil War ⓘ
historicalSignificance demonstrated Grant’s determination to maintain pressure on Lee ⓘ
marked shift to war of attrition in the Eastern Theater ⓘ
location Orange County, Virginia ⓘ
Spotsylvania County, Virginia ⓘ
notableFor beginning of continuous combat in the Overland Campaign ⓘ
dense forest terrain that limited visibility and maneuver ⓘ
first battle between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee in Virginia ⓘ
high casualties on both sides ⓘ
partOf Overland Campaign ⓘ
precededBy Mine Run Campaign ⓘ
result inconclusive ⓘ
tactically indecisive ⓘ
startDate 1864-05-05 ⓘ
state Virginia ⓘ
strategicOutcome Union continued offensive toward Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
terrain dense second-growth forest ⓘ
thick underbrush ⓘ
theater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
UnionCasualtiesApprox about 17,000 wounded ⓘ
about 2,200 killed ⓘ
about 3,400 missing or captured ⓘ
UnionCommanderRank Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
linked to: Ulysses S. Grant

Major General George G. Meade ⓘ
linked to: George G. Meade
UnionForce Army of the Potomac ⓘ
Ninth Corps (Army of the Ohio) ⓘ
year 1864 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Army of Northern Virginia → notableBattle → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
Fredericksburg, Virginia → siteOf → Battle of the Wilderness (nearby) ⓘ
subject linked to: Fredericksburg
linked to: Battle of the Wilderness
Overland Campaign → includesBattle → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
Spotsylvania County, Virginia → historicalEvent → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
Gouverneur Kemble Warren → participantIn → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
1st Texas Infantry → engagement → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
83rd Pennsylvania Infantry → notableEngagement → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
II Corps (Union Army of the Potomac) → engagedIn → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
Richard S. Ewell → participatedIn → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
Francis Channing Barlow → notableBattle → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
Richard H. Anderson → participatedIn → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House → precededBy → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
1st Massachusetts Cavalry → participatedIn → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park → significantEvent → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
Wilderness (Virginia woodland) → knownFor → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
Wilderness (Virginia woodland) → usedDuringConflict → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
Wilderness (Virginia woodland) → notableEvent → Battle of the Wilderness (May 5–7, 1864) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Wilderness
First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia → engagedIn → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
Battle of the Monongahela → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
Rapidan River → associatedWithBattle → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
Kershaw's Brigade (Confederate) → participatedIn → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
Wilderness Battlefield → siteOf → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
Wesley Merritt → participantIn → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
Alexander Hays → battle → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
Birney's Division → notableEngagement → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
V Corps (Union Army) → notableEngagement → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
III Corps, Army of the Potomac → engagedInBattle → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
Jerome B. Robertson → participatedIn → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
Union III Corps → notableBattle → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
1st Division, V Corps → engagement → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
106th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment → participatedIn → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
Union V Corps → engagedInBattle → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
Eastern Theater (American Civil War) → includesBattle → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
subject linked to: Eastern Theater
James C. Rice → battle → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
subject linked to: Colonel James C. Rice
Emory Upton → participantIn → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
Early's Division → engagement → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
James S. Wadsworth → notableBattle → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
R. H. Anderson’s Division → engagement → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
Army Group under Ulysses S. Grant → notableEngagement → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
Henry H. Bingham → battle → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
Iron Brigade → engagedIn → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia → engagement → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
1st Division, II Corps → engagement → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
Richard Heron Anderson → notableBattle → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
Mule Shoe salient → relatedBattle → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ