The Battle of the wilderness was fought from May 5-7 in 1864 and it took almost two days. This battle was between two Generals of the Civil war namely Ulysses S. Grant and Robert Lee. The battle was the beginning of U. S. Grant’s overland operation in opposition to Richmond. Actually it was his first war in the Virginia region as well as his first war in opposition to Robert Lee. The war was fought near the town of Richmond town which was being protected by General Robert Lee. The major objective of Grant was to capture this town which was the capital city of the Confederate by slaughtering as many of General Robert Lee’s soldiers as he could, (Graham, Johnson, Sauers & Skoch, 2004). The major conflict was that General Robert Lee was protecting Richmond town which made him seem to be more powerful while on the other hand Grant’s major objective was to seize it from General Lee. It is important to note that the two opposing sides were well set and they faced each other from opposite sides of the River of Rapidan which was the battle ground.
