The Wilderness 
May 5-6, 1864
Fredericksburg, VA
Updated Thursday, March 11, 2010 5:37 PM
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Click on the map for Interactive, Aerial and Birds Eye Views.
Grant vs. Lee
The Union Order of Battle
The Confederate Order of Battle
The Wilderness - Thoughts about the Battle of the Wilderness
http://www.civilwartraveler.com/maps/nps/Fredericksburg.pdf
http://www.civilwartraveler.com/maps/va-1864overland.html
Note: there is no visitors center for the Wilderness, just the wayside shown bellow. Information about the battlefield can be obtained at the Chancellorsville Visitors Center. There isn't even a separate tour map, the Wilderness is covered by stops 10, 11, and 12 on the Fredericksbug and Spotsylvnia Tour Map.
Saunders Field Tour Stop 10
Saunders Field, where the battle opened. The Visitor's Wayside is in he copse of trees center right.
Ewell came down the turnpike toward you. There are some works at this end of the field.
A shot of the works on the East edge of Saunders Field.
Widow Tapp's Field Tour Stop 11
Lee tried to lead his troops into battle to stem a Union break through but his troops ordered him to the rear. The same thing happened at Spotsylvania a week later.
The Widow's Field
Trenches dug across the Widow's Field