Scope and Content From the Collection: The collection consists of a partial description written by an unknown author of a Union soldier's experience during the first four days of the Wilderness campaign of May 1864 during the American Civil War.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 II Corps received orders from Major General George Meade ordering them to march south towards battle in Virginia. The...