Wilderness, Battle of the

Wilderness, Battle of the On 5–6 May 1864, General Robert E. Lee’s 61,025 Confederates outmaneuvered and badly mauled Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant’s 101,895 Federals. USA losses: 2,246 killed, 12,037 wounded, 3,383 missing. CSA losses: 7,750 killed, wounded. Grant then advanced on Spotsylvania Court House to turn Lee’s flank.