!864 Journal Entry - Long

May 20, 1864


The wilderness battle ended about three days ago. Soldiers were shooting everywhere and the woods were on fire. I thought I was going to die. This battle was very confusing and aggressive. The woods caught on fire and that burned a lot of soldiers that were wounded and couldn't move. My side (the Union) had more people but we ended up losing. Both of us had a lot of casualties. Both of the same armies from the from the woods met at a spot near Spottsylyania and that caused even more deaths.

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