overland campaign map

‘Lee to the rear’ by Rick Reeves

‘Lee’s texans’ by Don Troiani

‘into the wilderness’ by Dan Nance

the wilderness (may 5-7 1864)

source : ‘the atlas of the civil war’ by James M. McPherson, Courage Books, 2005

On may 4, 1864, the federal army of the Potomac, 120.000-strong, plunged across the Rapidan river and disappeared into the forbidding ‘wilderness’.

general Grant’s spring campaign 1864

source : ‘the American civil war story’ BBC history magazine

General Ulysses S. Grant took command of all Union armies in early 1864 and adopted a harsh strategy designed to destroy the Confederacy’s capacity to wage war.

‘into the wilderness’ by Keith Rocco

‘excelsior’ by Don Troiani

the bloody wilderness

source : ‘american civil war zouaves’ elite 062, Osprey publishing

During 1863 and 1864 three Union regiments who had previously been clad in regulation army dress were issued zouave uniforms as a reward for their proficiency at drill and to maintain the proud zouave legacy.