Image: Battle of the Wilderness May 5 Cavalry

Description: Cavalry action south of the infantry fronts in the Battle of the Wilderness in the American Civil War. Gregg's 2nd Cavalry Division saved Wilson's 3rd Division from Confederate cavalry on two fronts, while Getty's infantry protected Hammond's cavalry regiment.
Title: Battle of the Wilderness May 5 Cavalry
Credit: This is a crop from a Wikimedia Commons file named Wilderness May5 0700.png that has been modified by TwoScarsUp. The modifications (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 (Hal Jespersen), and TwoScarsUp made the cavalry modifications that show the positions of Union ad Confederate cavalry. 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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