In This Episode
It's 1:00 PM May 5th, 1864 -- Brigadier General Lysander Cutler's famed Iron Brigade advanced in tandem with Bartlett through woods immediately south of Saunders Field. Although Bartlett is able to break through, Cutler meets fierce resistance as his men struggle to fight half in the openness of Saunders Field, and half in the dense thickets of The Wilderness. As the battle rages, the Iron Brigade soon discovers the dangers of fighting an invisible enemy.

Notable Quotes
"An elderly gentleman, spare of frame, with silvery hair, a beard nearly white, and beneath heavy eyebrows of an iron-gray color, are keen, penetrating dark eyes. His step is somewhat uneven, owing to a severe wound received at Gainesville. From behind a somewhat grave and severe aspect, shines out a kindly, even genial manner that wins you at once."
-- Rufus Dawes' Memoir (about General Lysander Cutler)

"All semblance of line of battle was gone and there were gaps everywhere between regiments and brigades."
-- General Warren's Aide

"Look to your right!"
-- Officer, 6th Wisconsin

"At Chickamauga there was at least a rear, but here there ain’t neither front nor rear. It’s all a [...] mess! And our two armies ain’t nothin but howlin’ mobs!”
-- A Confederate prisoner to his captors

"Where is my second line? Bring up my second line!"
-- Wadsworth riding back and forth, trying to reform his Federal lines

"It met with the greatest loss of any regiment in the battles of the Wilderness.”
-- 7th, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment History

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