The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5–6, 1864

Fought in a tangled forest fringing the south bank of the Rapidan River, the Battle of the Wilderness marked the initial engagement in the climactic months of the Civil War in Virginia, and the first encounter between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. In an exciting narrative, Gordon C. Rhea provides the consummate recounting of that conflict of May 5 and 6, 1864, which ended with high casualties on both sides but no clear victor. With its balanced analysis of events and people, command structures and strategies, The Battle of the Wilderness is operational history as it should be written.

• The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern, May 7--12, 1864
• To the North Anna River: Grant and Lee, May 13--25, 1864
• Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee, May 26–June 3, 1864
• On to Petersburg: Grant and Lee, June 4-15, 1864
• The Maps of the Wilderness: An Atlas of the Wilderness Campaign, Including all Cavalry Operations, May 2-6, 1864 (Savas Beatie Military Atlas Series)
• Lincoln's Lieutenants: The High Command of the Army of the Potomac
• The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern, May 7-12, 1864
• Chancellorsville
• Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam
• Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee, May 26–June 3, 1864