Battle of the Wilderness
Confederate Commander
Forces Engaged: 66,140
Killed: 1,477
Wounded: 7,866
Captured or Missing: 1,690
Total Casualties: 11,033
Confederate Officers
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Brig. Gen. William N. Pendleton
Brig. Gen. Joseph B. Kershaw
Brig. Gen. William T. Wofford
Brig. Gen. Benjamin G. Humphreys
Brig. Gen. Goode Bryan
Brig. Gen. Micah Jenkins
Brig. Gen. George T. Anderson
Brig. Gen. John Gregg
Brig. Gen. Henry L. Benning
Brig. Gen. Edward P. Alexander
Brig. Gen. Harry T. Hays
Brig. Gen. John Pegram
Brig. Gen. John B. Gordon
Brig. Gen. James A. Walker
Brig. Gen. John M. Jones
Brig. Gen. George H. Steuart
Brig. Gen. Leroy A. Stafford
Brig. Gen. Junius Daniel
Brig. Gen. George P. Doles
Brig. Gen. Stephen D. Ramseur
Brig. Gen. Cullen A. Battle
Brig. Gen. Robert D. Johnson
Brig. Gen. Armistead L. Long
Brig. Gen. William Mahone
Brig. Gen. Abner M. Perrin
Brig. Gen. Nathaniel H. Harris
Brig. Gen. William Mahone
Brig. Gen. Ambrose R. Wright
Brig. Gen. Edward A. Perry
Brig. Gen. William W. Kirkland
Brig. Gen. Henry H. Walker
Brig. Gen. James H. Lane
Brig. Gen. Alfred M. Scales
Brig. Gen. Samuel McGowan
Brig. Gen. Edward L. Thomas
Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Rosser
Brig. Gen. Lunsford L. Lomax
Brig. Gen. John R. Chambliss
Brig. Gen. James B. Gordon
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Confederate Order of Battle
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May 5-7, 1864
Spotsylvania and Orange Counties, Virginia
Inconclusive
National Park Service
History of the Battle of the Wilderness
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Battlefield Trust
Battle of the Wilderness -
Animated Map
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Southern Historical Society Papers
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HistoryNet
Battle of the Wilderness
What Happened at the First Battle
Between Grant and Lee
with General Robert E. Lee
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YouTube
Longstreet Enters the Wilderness
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Library of Congress Maps
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Military Atlas Maps
Map of the Battlefield of Wilderness, VA
Position of 2nd Corps, May 2-6, 1864
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Union Commander
Forces Engaged: 118,700
Killed: 2,246
Wounded: 12,037
Captured or Missing: 3,383
Total Casualties: 17,666
Union Officers
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Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren
Brig. Gen. Francis C. Barlow
Brig. Gen. John Gibbon
Brig. Gen. Alexander S. Webb
Brig. Gen. Charles Griffin
Brig. Gen. Romeyn B. Ayers
Brig. Gen. Joseph J. Bartlett
Brig. Gen. John C. Robinson
Brig. Gen. Henry Baxter
Brig. Gen. Samuel W. Crawford
Brig. Gen. James S. Wadsworth
Brig. Gen. Lysander Cutler
Brig. Gen. Horation Wright
Brig. Gen. David A. Russell
Brig. Gen. Alexander Shaler
Brig. Gen. George W. Getty
Brig. Gen. Frank Wheaton
Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Neill
Brig. Gen. Henry L. Eustis
Brig. Gen. James B. Ricketts
Brig. Gen. William H. Morris
Brig. Gen. Truman Seymour
Brig. Gen. Alfred T. A. Tolbert
Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt
Brig. Gen. George A. Custer
Brig. Gen. David McM. Gregg
Brig. Gen. Henry E. Davis, Jr.
Brig. Gen. James J. Wilson
Brig. Gen. Henry J. Hunt
Brig. Gen. Joshua T. Owen
Brig. Gen. Alexander Hays
Brig. Gen. Gershom Mott
Brig. Gen. Seth Williams
Brig. Gen. Rufus Ingalls
Brig. Gen. Thomas G. Stevenson
Brig. Gen. Robert B. Potter
Brig. Gen. Orlando B. Willcox
Brig. Gen. Edward Ferrero
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Union Order of Battle
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Union Official Records
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Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 919-925
Davis, Burke. Gray Fox Robert E. Lee and the Civil War. Short Hills, NJ: Burford Books, 1956. p 279-310
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Printing, 1891-1895. New York: Barnes & Noble, 2003. Plates 55-1, 83-1, 2, 94-6, 96-1
Foote, Shelby. The Civil War A Narrative Red River to Appomattox. Vol 3 of 3. New York: Vintage Books, 1986. p 148-187
James, Gregory, Ed. The Killing Ground Wilderness to Cold Harbor. The Civil War 1 of 28 Volumes. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life,
1986. p 62-81
Grant, Ulysses S. "General Grant on the Wilderness Campaign (Extract from His Report)" Battles and Leaders of the Civil
War. Volume IV of IV. Robert Underwood Johnson and Clarence Clough Buel, Ed. New York: The Century Co.,
1884-1887. National Historical Society, 2006. p 145-151
Hotchkiss, Jed. "Virginia" Confederate Military History. Volume III of XII. Atlanta: Confederate Publishing, 1899. National
Historical Society, 2008 p 431-444
Longstreet, James. From Manassas to Appomattox. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1895. Da Capo Press. 1992. p 551-571
Mackowski, Chris. Hell Itself The Battle of the Wilderness May 5-7, 1864. El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Beatie, 2016.
Stanley, Steven and Krisstopher D. White. Battle Maps of the Civil War The Eastern Theater. Princeton, NJ: Knox Press, 2020.
p 66-69
Swinton, William. Decisive Battles of the Civil War. New York: Promontory Press, 1986. p 356-384
Venable, Charles, S. "General Lee in the Wilderness Campaign. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume IV of IV. Robert
Underwood Johnson and Clarence Clough Buel, Ed. New York: The Century Co., 1884-1887. National Historical Society,
2006. p 240-246
Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964.
------------------- General in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992.
Webb, Alexander S. "Through the Wilderness." Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume IV of IV. Robert Underwood
Johnson and Clarence Clough Buel, Ed. New York: The Century Co., 1884-1887. National Historical Society, 2006. p
152-169
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