CHAPTER XXXVIII.

BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS.

Campaign of 1864--General Grant in the Field--Strength of the Armies--Their Positions--Description of the Wilderness--The Battle opened--A Brisk Day's Fighting--Longstreet's Command faces Hancock's on the Morning of the Second Day--An Effective Flank Movement--General Wadsworth mortally wounded-- General Jenkins falls under Fire of Friends, and Longstreet is seriously wounded--Carried from the Field on a Litter--Tribute to General Jenkins--Criticism and Controversy 551