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The Daily Dispatch: May 19, 1864., [Electronic resource], The battle of the Wilderness. (search)
not more than 500 were killed. Most of the wounds were comparatively slight, owing to the protection afforded by the trees and brushes. The enemy's loss cannot be much less than 15,000, inclusive of prisoners. The unfavorable character of the ground and the thick chaparral prevented both sides from using artillery, only a few guns being put in position. Among all the killed, no truer or braver knight ever fell in defence of the liberties of his country than the gallant and accomplished Col. Nance, of South Carolina; and no harder fighter or more perfect gentleman ever received a wound on the field of battle than Gen. Benning, of Georgia. The one has gone to the rest of the true soldier; let us pray that the other may long be spared to the country he has served with so much modesty and courage. Major Gen. Wadsworth, of the Federal army, received a mortal wound in the head, and is now in one of our hospitals. Brig. Gen. Hays, of the same army, was killed. At half-past 4 o'clo