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Lee's men failed to retaliate after the Union attacks during the Wilderness Campaign due to exhaustion.
Lee's men failed to retaliate after the Union attacks during the Wilderness Campaign due to exhaustion.
In Spring ( May) 1864.
The Wilderness was a battle, not a campaign. It was the first battle of the Overland Campaign (May 1864). Lee had won this battle, but Grant did not retreat. He hung on Lee's flank and eventually crowded him into a corner.
It was not able to rest and heal after a battle.