Rebel Reenactment: Battle of the Wilderness

Battle of the Wilderness was fought in the dense underbrush of the Wilderness of Spotsylvania, where it marked the first encounter between Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant. Close-quarters fighting among the thick woods created high casualties, men died by the thousands. The confederate and union armies fought without mercy and bloodied each other on a battleground that was described at the time as “hell itself.”.