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...
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The Battle of the Monongahela (also known as the Battle of Braddock's Field and the Battle of the Wilderness) took place on July 9, 1755, at the beginning...
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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of the Wilderness (May 5–7, 1864) of the American Civil War. The Confederate order...
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The order of battle for the Battle of the Wilderness includes: Battle of the Wilderness order of battle: Confederate Battle of the Wilderness order of...
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The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of the Wilderness (May 5–7, 1864) of the American Civil War. The Union...
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Netflix film The Wilderness (Virginia), a dense forest in Virginia, site of American Civil War battles Battle of the Wilderness, a major 1864 battle occurring...
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bloody but inconclusive Battle of the Wilderness, Grant's army disengaged from Confederate General Robert E. Lee's army and moved to the southeast, attempting...
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Overland Campaign (redirect from The Wilderness and Spotsylvania)
The Overland Campaign, also known as Grant's Overland Campaign and the Wilderness Campaign, was a series of battles fought in Virginia during May and...
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38.325°N 77.726°W / 38.325; -77.726 The Wilderness is a densely forested region of Virginia that covers some of Orange County and Spotsylvania County...
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James Longstreet (category Ambassadors of the United States to the Ottoman Empire)
during the Battle of the Wilderness in 1864, where he was seriously wounded by friendly fire. He later returned to the field, serving under Lee in the Siege...
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William Chester Minor (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
New Haven he joined the Union Army. He was accepted by the Union Army as a surgeon and may have served at the Battle of the Wilderness in May 1864, which...
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Civil War in May 1863, and the Battle of the Wilderness was fought nearby in May 1864. During the 1863 battle, Lt. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson was...
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Charles E. Morse (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
the Medal of Honor for his actions during The Battle of the Wilderness in that war. Born in Marseille, France, Morse was a sergeant in Company "I" of...
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5th New York Cavalry Regiment (category Units and formations of the Union army from New York (state))
and the Battle of the Wilderness. It was present at nearly 175 battles and skirmishes, including Gettysburg, Opequon, and Cedar Creek. A majority of its...
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Fredericksburg, the Chancellorsville campaign, the Battle of the Wilderness, and the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (the latter two being key battles in the 1864...
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Linda Mosca (category Year of birth missing (living people))
one of four wargames packaged together in the "quadrigame" Blue & Gray II. The tactical game, which simulates the Battle of the Wilderness during the American...
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140th New York Infantry Regiment (category Units and formations of the Union army from New York (state))
devastating battles of American Civil War including the Battle of the Wilderness, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House and Cold Harbor. In the 39 days between...
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Robert E. Lee's 66,000-man Army of Northern Virginia opened the Battle of the Wilderness as a meeting engagement. This battle, fought primarily on May 5 and...
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Henry Livermore Abbott (category People of Massachusetts in the American Civil War)
services at the Battle of the Wilderness, where he was killed in action. Abbott was engaged at the center of several key Civil War battles and was widely...
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56th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (category Units and formations of the Union army from Massachusetts)
Battle of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Courthouse, and the Battle of the Crater. They were involved in several assaults during the Siege of Petersburg in...
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Alexander Hays (category American military personnel of the Mexican–American War)
general in the American Civil War who was killed at the Battle of the Wilderness in 1864. Hays was born in Franklin, Pennsylvania, the son of Samuel Hays...
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Battle of the Wilderness: Gaining the Initiative, May 5-6, 1864 is a board wargame published by Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) in 1975 that simulates...
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Micah Jenkins (category Confederate States of America military personnel killed in the American Civil War)
was a Confederate general in the American Civil War, mortally wounded by friendly fire at the Battle of the Wilderness. Jenkins was born on Edisto Island...
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James S. Wadsworth (category People of New York (state) in the American Civil War)
politician, and a Union general in the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness in 1864. Wadsworth was born to wealthy...
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in the Battle of the Wilderness, Grant pressed forward, putting the Confederates under an unremitting pressure that was maintained until the fall of their...
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Leopold Karpeles (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
joined the veteran 57th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment. During the Battle of the Wilderness, his unit suffered extensive casualties as the Union's...
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Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. The two had fought an inconclusive Battle of the Wilderness and were engaged in heavy fighting at the Battle of Spotsylvania...
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Hooker and Lee (redirect from Hooker and Lee: The Battle of Chancellorsville)
stayed on the list for 6 months. The four games in Blue & Gray II were Fredericksburg; Battle of the Wilderness; Chattanooga; and Hooker and Lee. The latter...
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1961. The Battle of Shiloh commemorative stamp was issued in 1962, the Battle of Gettysburg in 1963, the Battle of the Wilderness in 1964, and the Appomattox...
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simulates the Battle of the Wilderness during the American Civil War. After a series of defeats and retreats in the Eastern Theater by a string of Union generals...
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