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English: Map of the May 5 positions of BG James H. Wilson’s 3rd Cavalry Division in the Battle of the Battle of the Wilderness of the American Civil War. John Hammond’s 5th New York was detached from the 1st Brigade on the Orange Plank Road. Col. Timothy M. Bryan’s 1st Brigade had the rear on the advance and retreat. Col. George H. Chapman’s 2nd Brigade led in the advance and retreat. Wilson originally pushed Rosser back, but then had to retreat using east using a wagon track through the woods. |
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| Source | This is a Wikimedia Commons file named Wilderness May5 0700.png that has been modified by TwoScarsUp. The modifications (Wilson's cavalry) are based on information and illustrations in The Wilderness Campaign, edited by Gary W. Gallagher. The chapter in the book is called Union Cavalry in the Wilderness, and it was written by Gordon C. Rhea. |
| Author | The original author is User:Hlj, and TwoScarsUp has added a small modification that shows the positions of 3 portions of Wilson's 3rd Cavalry Division. Portions of the original have been cropped. The original was drawn in Adobe Illustrator CS5 by Hal Jespersen. Graphic source file is available at http://www.posix.com/CWmaps/ |
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