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U. S. CIVIL WAR
PHOTOGRAPHS
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THE WILDERNESS
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Click on a number on this map to see a photograph from that location.
The numbered locations on this map are shown in parentheses ( ) in the text.
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General James Longstreet 10
At this time,
General James Longstreet rode
around the Confederate right in an effort to
extend his attack to the east. There he was accidentally shot by his own
men (2), just as Stonewall Jackson had
been one year earlier,
almost to the day, during the battle of Chancellorsville. Longstreet was
seriously wounded in the neck and shoulder, but would return later
in the year.
The Location (according to the N.P.S.) where Longstreet was shot.
(2)
General John B. Gordon 95
Later Confederate General John B. Gordon made a flanking attack to the Union
right with amazing success, capturing or killing over 1,000 Federals before he
had to stop due to the confusion of the Wilderness and darkness.
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Approximate Final Troop Positions, May 7, 1864.
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On the morning of May 7, 1864, Grant directed Meade to prepare for a night march
to Spotsylvania Court House. Thus ended
the battle in the Wilderness and began a race between the two armies to
Spotsylvania Court House. A race the Confederate army barely won.
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Soldiers, at Fredericksburg, wounded in the Wilderness Battle - 1864
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