Civil War  |  360° Virtual Tour

The Wilderness Virtual Tour

Explore The Wilderness in our 360° Virtual Tour!

The Wilderness battlefield – a unit of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Battlefield Park – is best known as the location of the first clash between Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. Use the tab at the bottom of the tour to navigate between scenes and click the tour points to learn more about the battlefield.

View this tour in full screen or in VR with a headset.

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The Wilderness
Battle Facts
Spotsylvania and Orange Counties, VA | May 5, 1864
Result: Inconclusive
Estimated Casualties
29,800
Union
17,000
Confed.
13,000
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