Wilderness, a wooded region in Virginia, 2 miles S. of the Rapidan, and memorable for the battle between Grant (q.v.) and Lee, May 4-6, 1864—Union loss 18,000, Confederate 11,000.
Wilderness
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 655
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