Wilderness Campaign – May 5, Early Afternoon marker

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The marker is in between Tour Stops 4 and 5 of the Battle of the Wilderness Auto Tour along Hill-Ewell Drive.

May 5 Early afternoon historical marker on the Wilderness battlefield

Text from the marker:

Wilderness Campaign

May 5, 1864. In the early afternoon, Wadsworth’s Division of Warren’s Corps hit the right flank of Rodes’ Confederate Division near this point. Its left already crippled by Griffin’s Division on the Turnpike a mile north, Rodes’ line here staggered under Wadsworth’s blow. The whole front of Ewell’s Corps seemed about to give way. Then Gordon’s Brigade, struggling through the same thickets which had caused Wadsworth’s troops to lose direction smashed into the Federal division and drove it back.

United States Department of the Interior – National Park Service.

Location of the marker

The marker is on the west side of Hill-Ewell Drive about 300 yards south of the Stop 4 – Higgerson Farm. There is a small pull-off on the west side of the road.

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