Battle of the Wilderness: Saunders Field
May 5, 1864
Historian Don Pfanz describes the scene at Saunders Field, the opening engagement of the battle of The Wilderness, part of the Overland Campaign of the spring of 1864.
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Battle Facts
Spotsylvania and Orange Counties, VA | May 5, 1864
Result: Inconclusive
Estimated Casualties
29,800
Union
17,000
17,000
Confed.
13,000
13,000