North - Ulysses S. Grant

South - Robert E. Lee

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Although it ended in a stalemate, Grants' decision to carry on the offensive southward in direction of Richmond brought a blow of optimism and enthusiasm in the Union among the Army's rank and files and the public opinion. For the first time Lee was forced to submit to the initiative of the army of Potomac and saw his freedom of movement getting more and more reduced by the strategy and superior availability of men and equipment of his adversary.

Although the battlefield was roughly the same, the Battle of Wilderness Tavern or The Wilderness was fought one year later than that of Chancellorsville, from

May 3rd to May 6th, 1864.

Grant decided not to return to Washington but to instead continue attacking Lee after the Battle of the Wilderness because the battle made him realize that Lee had very few reserves. He knew that if he continued to attack every day, he would eventually the Confederates down.

Union, commanded by U.S. Grant and George Meade:

Cavalry 12,300

Artillery 2,348

Infantry 119,300

Confederate, commanded by R.E. Lee and James Longstreet:

Cavalry 4,590

Artillery 1,457

Infantry 58,450

The union won obliviously they were pretty much just meant to rub it in the south even more after they lost the war so there was barely even any contest to what had happened during the wilderness campaign.

They didn't. The battle was a draw, but Lee won a tactical victory when Grant took his army away to the southeast.

Grant was defeated but did not retreat. He continued to force the fighting.

Robert E. Lee

The battle of Wilderness led to the battle of Spotsylvania.

Neither the Union army nor the Confederate army can really be considered to have "won". The Union Army - consisting of the IX Corps under the command of General Ulysses Grant and the Army of the Potomac under the command of General George Meade - were able to withdraw in an orderly manner and then swing Southeast to continue the campaign elsewhere. The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia under the command of General Robert E. Lee stopped Grant's initial thrust and inflicted around 17,000 casualties on the Union army against around 10,000 of his own forces.

In actual effect it was a tactical Confederate victory, but a strategic victory for the Union army since the casualties of the Confederate army, while much less in number than the Union losses, still were a larger percentage of the Confederate forces than the Union losses and Grant's forces were able to withdraw and continue their offensive elsewhere. It was easier for Grant to replenish his losses than it was for Lee so his heavy losses had less impact than those suffered by Lee. It was Grant's intention from the beginning to grind down Lee's forces by virtue of superior numbers (a war-of-attrition strategy) and this battle was one of the first conducted under that strategy.

For the Union, General Ulysses S. Grant and George G. Meade. For the Confederate States of America, there was Robert E. Lee.

It was not able to rest and heal after a battle.

The CSA won just about every battle and still lost the war. First Manassas, Second Manassas, Shiloh, and Chancellorsville were among many Confederate victories.

The General Robert E.Lee retreaded into theforestwith his troop hoping it would protect them. General Ulysses S. Grant and his troop followed them into the forest and decided to attack Lee's troop.

It was a stalemate, which Grant was able to transform in a strategic advantage, shifting south towards Richmond, outbalancing Lee, who was forced to hastily follow the Union Army in order to cover the Confederate Capital city.