The+Wilderness+Outcome

__** The Wilderness Home Page **__** __The Wilderness Outcome (Of Battle)__ ** One of the battles in the civil war was very important. At midnight on May 3,1864 the confederate army of Potomac which is 10,000 men strong with immense training. Marched towered Richmond, Virginia. This attack started the battle of the wilderness and was partly led by General Robert E. Lee. This one attack started a three day battle called the wilderness battle from May 5 - May 7th. With only a few Union troops in the wilderness they still beat the Cofederate soldiers and was a strategic victory for the Union.