Battle of the Wilderness

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American Civil War battle battle

The Battle of the Wilderness was a brutal, inconclusive 1864 Civil War clash in dense Virginia woods between Ulysses S. Grant’s Union forces and Robert E. Lee’s Confederate army, marking the start of Grant’s Overland Campaign.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of the Wilderness canonical	22
Battle of the Wilderness (May 5–7, 1864)	1
Battle of the Wilderness (nearby)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Wilderness ⓘ
belligerent	Confederate States of America ⓘ Union (United States) ⓘ surface form: United States (Union)
campaign	Overland Campaign ⓘ
casualties	tens of thousands combined casualties ⓘ
category	Battles of 1864 in the United States ⓘ Overland Campaign ⓘ surface form: Battles of the Overland Campaign
characteristic	brush fires that burned wounded soldiers ⓘ close-quarters fighting ⓘ confused engagements due to smoke and woods ⓘ
commander	George G. Meade ⓘ Robert E. Lee ⓘ Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
ConfederateCasualtiesApprox	about 7,500 total casualties (approximate) ⓘ
ConfederateCommanderRank	Robert E. Lee ⓘ surface form: General Robert E. Lee
ConfederateForce	Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	May 5–7, 1864 ⓘ
endDate	1864-05-07 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
front	Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ surface form: Eastern Front of the American Civil War
historicalSignificance	demonstrated Grant’s determination to maintain pressure on Lee ⓘ marked shift to war of attrition in the Eastern Theater ⓘ
location	Orange County, Virginia ⓘ Spotsylvania County, Virginia ⓘ
notableFor	beginning of continuous combat in the Overland Campaign ⓘ dense forest terrain that limited visibility and maneuver ⓘ first battle between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee in Virginia ⓘ high casualties on both sides ⓘ
partOf	Overland Campaign ⓘ
precededBy	Mine Run Campaign ⓘ
result	inconclusive ⓘ tactically indecisive ⓘ
startDate	1864-05-05 ⓘ
state	Virginia ⓘ
strategicOutcome	Union continued offensive toward Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
terrain	dense second-growth forest ⓘ thick underbrush ⓘ
theater	Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
UnionCasualtiesApprox	about 17,000 wounded ⓘ about 2,200 killed ⓘ about 3,400 missing or captured ⓘ
UnionCommanderRank	Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ surface form: Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant George G. Meade ⓘ surface form: Major General George G. Meade
UnionForce	Army of the Potomac ⓘ Ninth Corps (Army of the Ohio) ⓘ
year	1864 ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Army of Northern Virginia → notableBattle → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ

Fredericksburg → siteOf → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ

subject surface form: Fredericksburg, Virginia

this entity surface form: Battle of the Wilderness (nearby)

Spotsylvania County, Virginia → historicalEvent → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ

Gouverneur Kemble Warren → participantIn → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ

Eastern Theater of the American Civil War → notableBattle → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ

1st Texas Infantry → engagement → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ

83rd Pennsylvania Infantry → notableEngagement → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ

II Corps (Union Army of the Potomac) → engagedIn → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ

Richard S. Ewell → participatedIn → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ

Union Brigadier General Francis Channing Barlow → notableBattle → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ

subject surface form: Francis Channing Barlow

Richard H. Anderson → participatedIn → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ

Battle of Spotsylvania Court House → precededBy → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ

1st Massachusetts Cavalry → participatedIn → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ

National Park Service (through Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park) → significantEvent → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ

subject surface form: Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park

Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park → significantEvent → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ

dense woodland known as the Wilderness → knownFor → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ

subject surface form: Wilderness (Virginia woodland)

dense woodland known as the Wilderness → usedDuringConflict → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ

subject surface form: Wilderness (Virginia woodland)

dense woodland known as the Wilderness → notableEvent → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ

subject surface form: Wilderness (Virginia woodland)

this entity surface form: Battle of the Wilderness (May 5–7, 1864)

First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia → engagedIn → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ

Battle of the Monongahela → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ

Rapidan River → associatedWithBattle → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ

Kershaw's Brigade (Confederate) → participatedIn → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ

Wilderness Battlefield → siteOf → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ

Wesley Merritt → participantIn → Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ