May 3, 1864 to October 16, 1864

SPOTSYLVANIA, Virginia

"Milliken, Robert", "69th New York Infantry", "Irish Brigade", "Fightin 69th"

Hindered by an uneven terrain covered with “tangled thickets of pine, scrub-oak, and cedar,” battle organization and tactics broke down as Captain Robert H. Milliken and other officers struggled to see the enemy and maintain unit cohesion. Consequently, the Battle of the Wilderness represented a definitive moment in the course of the Civil War - providing  an insightful perspective to a polysemic...