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  1.   Throughout Madison M. Cannon's field account on the Battle of the Wilderness, which took place May 5-7, 1864, the Captain expressed his personal altercations along with his regiments', the Fortieth New York Infantry. 
    date May 3, 1864 to May 26, 1864map SPOTSYLVANIA, Virginiatags "battle" "account", "wilderness" "cannon"

    Captain Cannon’s report on The Battle of the Wilderness, which took place in the wilderness of Spotsylvania County and Orange County in central Virginia, was an electrifying account which contained three epochs from May 3 until the evening of the 26 from the Union Captain.  Captain Cannon explained first that their regiment had broke camp and moved to the extreme left of Brock’s Cross-Roads in...