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Resources and History
Battle of the Wilderness:
Historical Resources

• National Park Service: Battle of the Wilderness
• Photos: The Wilderness
• Recommended Books: The Wilderness
• Battle of The Wilderness
  (Military History Magazine)
• General Lee in the Wilderness
• James Longstreet in the Wilderness
• The Wilderness: Union Order of Battle
• The Wilderness: Confederate Order of Battle
• Lee's Wilderness Reports
• Hancock's Wilderness Report
• Harper's Weekly Coverage of the Battle
  of the Wilderness
• Historical Markers in the Region

Stop Walmart Resources

• The Real Facts About Walmart
• Walmart: Building Where Its Not Wanted
• Walmart: Not Paying Its Fair Share of Taxes
• Walmart: Community Impacts
• An Online Guide to Fighting Walmart in your Community
• Recommended Reading: Books on Walmart

The Wilderness at a Glance

Campaign:
Grant's Overland Campaign (May-June 1864)

Location:
Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Google Map of Region

Date(s): May 5-7, 1864

Principal Commanders:
Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Maj. Gen. George G. Meade [US]; Gen. Robert E. Lee [CS]

Forces Engaged:
162,920 total (US 101,895; CS 61,025)

Estimated Casualties:
29,800 total (US 18,400; CS 11,400)

Result(s): Inconclusive (Grant continued his offensive). Read a brief description of the battle

Source: CWSAC, CWPT

Updates:
Fight to Stop Walmart

In the News

• General Grant and General Lee Join Sides in New Wal-Mart Watch Video
• Wal-Mart officials meet in Orange (The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va.)
• History Coalition Fights to Stop Wal-Mart Adjacent to Civil War Battlefield
• Worse than Yankees — Here we go again: Saving The Wilderness from Wal-Mart
  (The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va.)
• Groups want to sidetrack Orange project
  (The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va.)
• Wal Mart's War on America
  (The Huffington Post)
• Ellwood named favorite Virginia Civil War site (Culpeper Star Exponent)
• CWPT Leads Effort to Stop Wal-Mart at The Wilderness (Civil War News)