Wilderness Campaign
Wilderness Campaign (May 1864) Engagement in the American Civil War fought in woodland, c. 80km (50mi) nw of Richmond, Virginia. It was the opening engagement of a four-week campaign of attrition by General Ulysses S. Grant against the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia led by Robert E. Lee.
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