ID: 901001700 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001700	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Battle of the Wilderness (American Civil War, 1864)

Note: First battle in Union campaign to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia. Crossing the Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg, Virginia, General Ulysses S. Grant advanced with a Union army on a Confederate army under General Robert E. Lee.

Display Date: 5-7 May 1864

Names:

	Battle of the Wilderness (American Civil War, 1864) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Wilderness, Battle of the, Va. (American Civil War, 1864) (English,U,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<North and South American history> (P)
		........<United States history> (P)
		............American Civil War (American history, 1861-1865) (P)
		................Battle of the Wilderness (American Civil War, 1864) (P)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... battle
	.....(armed conflicts, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	actor is .... Robert E. Lee (American Confederate general, 1807-1870)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	actor is .... Ulysses S. Grant (American general and president, 1822-1885)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	located in .... Fredericksburg
	.....(Rockbridge county, Virginia, United States, North and Central America) (TGN)

Sources:

	Battle of the Wilderness (American Civil War, 1864)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Wilderness, Battle of the, Va. (American Civil War, 1864)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 85146696

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)