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Events on Thursday 5 May 1864 1
1864Battle of the WildernessOpening clash of Grant's Overland CampaignUnion and Confederate armies fought a brutal, confused battle in dense Virginia woodland as Ulysses S. Grant began his Overland Campaign against Robert E. Lee. The battle produced heavy casualties on both sides without a decisive result.