the battle of the wilderness was fought on may 5–7, 1864, during the american civil war.it was the first battle of lieutenant general ulysses s. grant's 1864 virginia overland campaign against general robert e. lee and the confederate army of northern virginia.the fighting occurred in a wooded area near locust grove, virginia, about 20 miles (32 km) west of fredericksburg.both armies suffered heavy casualties, nearly 29,000 in total, a harbinger of a war of attrition by grant against lee's army and, eventually, the confederate capital, richmond, virginia.the battle was tactically inconclusive, as grant disengaged and continued his offensive.grant attempted to move quickly through the dense underbrush of the wilderness of spotsylvania, but lee launched two of his corps on parallel roads to intercept him.on the morning of may 5, the union v corps under major general gouverneur k. warren attacked the confederate second corps, commanded by lieutenant general richard s. ewell, on the orange turnpike.that afternoon the third corps, commanded by lieutenant general a. p. hill, encountered brigadier general george w. getty's division (vi corps) and major general winfield s. hancock's ii corps on the orange plank road.fighting, which ended for the evening because of darkness, was fierce but inconclusive as both sides attempted to maneuver in the dense woods.at dawn on may 6, hancock attacked along the plank road, driving hill's corps back in confusion, but the first corps of lieutenant general james longstreet arrived in time to prevent the collapse of the confederate right flank.longstreet followed up with a surprise flanking attack from an unfinished railroad bed that drove hancock's men back, but the momentum was lost when longstreet was wounded by his own men.an evening attack by brigadier general john b. gordon against the union right flank caused consternation at the union headquarters, but the lines stabilized and fighting ceased.on may 7, grant disengaged and moved to the southeast, intending to leave the wilderness to interpose his army between lee and richmond, leading to the battle of todd's tavern and battle of spotsylvania court house.the union army) made little progress against the confederate army in the eastern theater.the union army's most impressive successes came in the western theater, especially at the battle of vicksburg where nearly 30,000 confederates surrendered.president abraham lincoln wanted a military leader who would fight.in march 1864, major general ulysses s. grant was summoned from the western theater, promoted to lieutenant general, and given command of all the union armies.grant was the union commander at vicksburg, and also had major victories at fort henry, fort donelson, shiloh, and chattanooga.he chose to make his headquarters with the army of the potomac, although major general george meade retained formal command of that army.major general william tecumseh sherman succeeded grant in command of most of the western armies.grant believed that the eastern and western union armies were too uncoordinated in their actions, and that the previous practice of conquering and guarding new territories required too many resources.grant's new strategy was to attack with all forces at the same time, making it difficult for the confederates to transfer forces from one battlefront to another.his objective was to destroy the confederate armies rather than conquering territory.the two largest confederate armies became the two major targets, and they were general robert e. lee's army of northern virginia and general joseph e. johnston's army of tennessee.this new strategy pleased president lincoln.grant considered lee's army 'the strongest, best appointed and most confident army in the south.'lee was a professional soldier who fought in the mexican–american war.
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