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__** The Wilderness Union Soldiers **__ The Wilderness was a very gruesome battle. Both armies had well trained soldiers who were willing to die for their country. These men fought very bravely. The Union had 101,895 strong soldiers. The Union had a huge advantage over the Confederates because they had much more resources, more men, and better transportation. But one problem the Union had was that they did not have very good leadership. In fact when the war started many of the Union generals abdicated their position as generals. That fact caused them to be out fought many times by the south. Although the south had better generals they did not win the war.However in this particular battle both armies fought greatly and their abilities were tested, leading to inconclusive winner. Neither team won this battle but the Union had much more casualties. The Union had 17,666 casualties. 2,246 of those casualties were deaths. 12,037 of those men were wounded and 3383 were either captured or missing. Even though that the Union had more casualties I think the Union fought brilliantly against the Confederate army.