Saunders Field

Battle of the Wilderness

"The Last crop of the old field had been corn and among its stubble that day were sown the seeds of glory."

Morris Schaff, USA Staff

Tucked away in the Wilderness's trackless forest were several small clearings, where families ...

First Blood in Saunders Field

The Battle of the Wilderness

"The regiment melted away like snow. Men disappeared as if the earth had swallowed them."

-Captain Porter Parley

140th New York Infantry

Shortly after noon on May 5, the battleline of the 140th New York burst from the woods ...