The Wilderness Campaign

A web quest of the wilderness campaign

By Alexa Hardin, Rae Havener, Olivia Burke, and Ryan Woodacre

Introduction

     The Wilderness Campaign began in May 1864, and lasted until June 1864. Multiple battles were fought during this time in Virginia.

    In May 1864, General Ulysses S. Grant, a Union general, sent General George G. Meade to attack General Robert E. Lee's Confederate army. The Union forces used superior man-power. General Meade lead 100,000 against Lee's army of 70,000 in a woodland called the "Wilderness" - about 80 km from Richmond, Virginia. The battle lasted from May 5th to the 6th. There were 18,000 Union casualties.

    Grant ignored losses, and ordered General Meade southeast to the Spotsylvania Court House. 14,000 soldiers died. The battle lasted from May 8th to the 18th.

    Grant then ordered General Meade to the Cold Harbor - just north of Richmond. 13,000 died. On June 3rd, there were 12,000 casualties in an eight minute period.

                                                      Image of General Grant                                                                                        

                                                  General Ulysses S. Grant                                             General George G. Meade                                             General Robert E. Lee

Process

 In the word search, below, there are 14 words that relate to the Wilderness Campaign.

While searching for the words, try to familiarize yourself with the words, their meaning, and their importance in the Wilderness Campaign.

There may be a quiz later. Go to the links below to do more research on this topic.

 

Task

 

h t n v n a b t f h r s
d g r a n t i g g e r p
c w k r m g i w i s j o
p o j f e b u s v n g t
t k n r k h o o i e j s
x g k f l v n i r n f y
c f d m e p h l g l w l
o i b n e d e d i h h v
l d v f d r e e n u w a
d s s i h h i r i e i n
h a d e l h u s a v l i
a p l k l w r k g t d a
r s p o t i a l g j e p
b k z h q s s r e f r k
o e y d e t c g f h n l
r r i c h m o n d l e u
j q w r i a t i b d s t
g w l o x y y d k y s t
c g l c g a e j s o d d
i d e s i d m e a d e u
r n j u n e g f l s j w
o c a u l t i e s z f d

                                                               Grant                     Cold Harbor         Meade              Wilderness           Virginia            Civil War            Soldiers

                                                                Confederate            Richmond             Casualties          June                     May                 Spotsylvania       Lee        

 

Links

http://www.civilwarhome.com

 

Evaluation

                                                       Complete/ all words found .................................................................... 100

                                                        Incomplete/ no words found ..................................................................... 0

                                                         Half finished ............................................................................................ 50

                                                         Late Credit/ Complete ............................................................................ 70

 

Conclusion

Congratulation! You have survived the Wilderness Campaign!

General Lee has been trapped in a last defense at Richmond, Virginia.

Here is the quiz we promised you.

  1. _________ was the union general. 

  2. _________ was the general Grant sent to fight the Confederates.

  3. Meade fought General __________.

  4. General Meade lead ______________ soldiers. 

  5. In what battle did 12,000 Union soldiers die in an eight minute period?

  6. Where did most of the battle take place?        

  7. During  which months did the battles take place?                      

 

Credits

We want to thank Mrs. Horton for being such an awesome teacher.

We also want to thank our parents for putting us into school so we could do this web quest.

Thank you to the Civil War Home website for allowing us to use their information on this web quest.

And another thank you to the University High library and Mrs. Knight for letting us use their encyclopedias.