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Scope and Content From the Collection: The partial narrative describes the Union experience in the Wilderness campaign from May 3 through May 6, 1864. The narrative describes how the author's Corps received orders from Major General Meade ordering them to march south towards battle in Virginia. The experience of the march towards the battle and descriptions of the first skirmishes in the battle are also detailed. The II Corps actual strength at the beginning of the fight was 46,363 with 28,854 present for duty. The...