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"Battle of the Wilderness - Wounded Escaping From the Burning Woods," May 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image

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Scanned by: 

Library of Congress

Notes: 

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, December 21, 2011.

Depicted content: 

• The Battle of the Wilderness opens on ground fought over the year before at Chancellorsville
• In Spotsylvania County, Virginia, the Battle of the Wilderness continues for a second bloody day
• In Spotsylvania County, Virginia, the Battle of the Wilderness ends and Union maneuvering continues

Image type: 

drawing

Courtesy of: 

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

Original caption: 

Wounded escaping from the burning woods of the Wilderness

Source citation: 

Morgan Collection of Civil War Drawings, Prints and Photograph Division, Library of Congress

Source note: 

Artist: Alfred R. Waud