Battle of the Wilderness

On May 5, 1864, at 6.OO AM, when thevanguards of Ewell's Confederate Corps crashed into Gen. Griffin's Federal division ofthe Potomac Army, deployed to protect the crossroad near Wilderness Tavern.

Lee was winning the battles, but Grant was winning the war by crowding him into a corner.

Tough, outnumbered though they were. They fought fiercely, as always, and pinned several defeats on Grant. The army was getting few recruits, as Grant and Sherman had taken the war to the homes of the southern people, and drained Lee's manpower and sustenance. Many men went home to defend their homes.

To keep the strategic initiative, forcing Lee to follow him, making the Confederate generalmore and more pinned down tothe covering of Richmond.

After the stalemate at Wilderness, Grant didn't retreat but managed to advance s undetected towards Richmond outbalancing Lee's Army, which was forced to hastily follow in order to check the menace. They succeeded in intercepting the Federal at Spotsylvania by the skin of the teeth, but there was any opportunity left for a retaliation.

Being outnumbered was a constant factor for the Confederates,at almost every battle and not unique to this battle. At Fredericksburg the Union disadvantages were first logistical in nature. The Union army had to construct a pontoon bridge(under fire from the Confederates) to cross the Rappahannock River just to be able to launch attacks. The Confederate Army was very well prepared and well placed with regard to the infantry and the artillery batteries.This ground was mostly higher(Marye's Heights) than that closer to the river,so the Union troops were very exposed when they got across the river. By contrast,the Confederates were protected by the ground they held and by their being"dug-in." The Union artillery could not get close enough to have maximum effect against the Southern army. In a "nutshell" the battle came down to the advantage of having the strong Defensive position,to just wait for the Union attacks and mow-down the soldiers. Gen.Burnside ordered repeated attacks against this very strong position without success. The Generals under his command eventually refused to carry-out the order for more such attacks.

Sherman's March to the Sea can be characterized by a few different things:

Creative originality of Sherman in devising this entirely new brand of warfare, attacking the civilian infrastructure that supported the enemy troops in the field.

Skillful camouflaging of his plans, concealing his proposed route through brilliant disinformation.

Shock and horror of the civilian population at this wholehearted destruction of farms and railroads.

Accusations of brutality against civilians - mostly deserved not by Sherman's men, but by the mounted vandals (mostly deserters from both sides) who rode alongside the army for the pickings.

Outstanding success of the campaign, shortening the war by months at almost nil casualties.

And finally... the emergence of a popular marching tune 'While we were marching through Georgia', that would be played wherever Sherman went for the rest of his life.

The Battle of the Wilderness, fought from May 5 to May 7, 1864, was a significant early confrontation in Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign during the American Civil War. Notable events included fierce combat in dense forests leading to high casualties on both sides, with Union forces experiencing confusion and disarray due to the terrain and smoke from fires. The battle marked the first engagement between Grant and Confederate General Robert E. Lee, showcasing Grant's determination to engage Lee despite the heavy losses. Ultimately, while the battle was tactically inconclusive, it set the stage for continued Union offensives in the campaign.

I think you mean the Overland Campaign - of which the Wilderness was the first big battle.

The other two were Spotsylvania and Cold Harbor, before they settled in for the long siege of Petersburg, which cost so many casualties that Lincoln wrote in his diary that he expected to lose the 1864 General Election.

2,246 Union soldiers died in that battle. The Confederates lost 1,495 soldiers.

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NEW RESPONDENT

For the first time from the outbreak of Civil War, the Army of Potomac, after having sustained a setback or, better said in this case, a stalemate, didn't retreat but advanced towards Richmond, forcing Lee's Army to follow in order to prevent of being separated from its Capital City.

By so doing, Grant started a new phase of his strategy based upon the "Strategic Intimidation", by which eventually managed to deprive Lee of his "freedom of movements" and indissolubly pinned him down to the Richmond defense.

Also Lee was a master in developing the same strategy and he made a good use of that sending the II Corp of his Army, under Gen. Early, to the Shenandoah Valley with the goals of get rid of the Union Forces there and then menace Washington. By that mean he gave several troubles to Grant during his Overland Campaign, succeeding (partly) in delaying the final act of the campaign until Sheridan destroyed the Confederate forces in the Valley, joining then the Army of Potomac.

Of course, the final outcome was mainly possible thanks to the Union Army's great superiority in number and means

The Battle of the Wilderness occured on May 5-7, 1864. Therefore it lasted 2 days.

Poor wretches, suffocated by the burning undergrowth, and unable to use their field-guns in dense forest.

Yet their morale was not shaken. When Grant ordered them to continue advancing, they set up a big cheer.

Incidentally, the Wilderness was a battle, not a campaign.

The campaign was the Overland Campaign, a bad mixture of failed assaults and long, soul-destroying months of siege.

The only cheerful aspect was the general war situation, tilting in favour of the Union. Grant had ended the system of prisoner-exchange, so the Confederates were doomed to run out of manpower. And Lee was pinned down in a war of attrition that he could never win.

It was Grant's first test as General-in-Chief, and it marked the start of his war of attrition - ending all prisoner-exchanges, keeping Lee on the defensive, and just letting the Confederates slowly run out of manpower while he battered away at their lines till they grew too thin to hold.

In Spring ( May) 1864.

The victor of the battle was inconclusive and Ulysses kept up his offensive, though.

in other words it was a draw and the said the CSA won but then they said the Union had a strategic victory

the battle of the wilderness was undecisive, or there was no winner.

I don't think anyone knows the exact time it occurred at, but they do know a few things:

The date: April 6-7, 1862

The location: Hardin County, Tennessee

The result of the war: Union victory

It started because General Ulysses S. Grant wanted to plan a surprise attack on the Confederate soldiers. The Confederates send Calvary men to spy on the Unions while they were resting in the wilderness. So THEY decided to plan a surprise attack on the UNIONS! No one won the battle.

1 billion for the south and 4 billion for the north

Fort Donelson was invested on February 12,1862 by Grant's Union Army of The

Tennessee, which had been deployed in a semicircle going from Hickmans Creek (north) up to about some 400-500 meters before the bank of the River Cumberland (south).

The Battle began with its bombardment by Commodore Foote's Federal gunboats on February 14,1862, attempting to subdue the place only by means of their guns. The Union vessels were decisively repulsed.

When the battle of the wilderness was over an estimated amount of 17 million men died for grant and 15.9 million for General Lee

Hope this helps

by the way i lied this is wrong lol u fcking retards

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