Wilderness

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Wilderness is a common shorthand name for the Battle of the Wilderness, a major and chaotic Civil War clash fought in dense forest between Union and Confederate forces in May 1864.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Wilderness canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Wilderness ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
campaignObjective Union attempt to defeat Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
casualtiesAndLosses high on both sides ⓘ
commander George G. Meade ⓘ
Robert E. Lee ⓘ
Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
commandStructure Ulysses S. Grant as general-in-chief of Union armies ⓘ
ConfederateArmy Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
ConfederateCasualtiesApprox over 11,000 ⓘ
ConfederateCommander Robert E. Lee ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date May 5–7, 1864 ⓘ
endDate 1864-05-07 ⓘ
environment dense forest ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
front Eastern Front of the American Civil War ⓘ
hasCategory Battles of 1864 in the United States ⓘ
Battles of the Overland Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Overland Campaign
hasShorthandName Wilderness ⓘ
historicalPeriod American Civil War ⓘ
location Orange County, Virginia ⓘ
Spotsylvania County, Virginia ⓘ
notableCharacteristic chaotic close-quarters fighting ⓘ
difficulty of maneuvering large formations ⓘ
notableFeature frequent brush fires during combat ⓘ
limited visibility due to thick underbrush ⓘ
outcome strategic Union advantage ⓘ
partOf Overland Campaign ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Mine Run ⓘ
result inconclusive ⓘ
significance first battle between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee in the Overland Campaign ⓘ
marked shift to continuous, grinding warfare in Virginia ⓘ
startDate 1864-05-05 ⓘ
state Virginia ⓘ
terrain heavily wooded area ⓘ
theater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
typeOfEngagement offensive campaign by Union forces ⓘ
UnionArmy Army of the Potomac ⓘ
UnionCasualtiesApprox over 17,000 ⓘ
UnionCommander George G. Meade ⓘ
Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
year 1864 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Battle of the Wilderness → hasShorthandName → Wilderness ⓘ
subject linked to: Wilderness
Battle of the Wilderness → alsoKnownAs → Wilderness ⓘ
subject linked to: Wilderness