Jump to content

File:Battle of the Wilderness - Wilson Cavalry2.png

Page contents not supported in other languages.
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Battle_of_the_Wilderness_-_Wilson_Cavalry2.png (430 × 228 pixels, file size: 87 KB, MIME type: image/png)

Summary

Description
English: Map of the May 5 positions of BG James H. Wilson’s 3rd Cavalry Division in the Battle of the Battle of the Wilderness of the American Civil War. John Hammond’s 5th New York was detached from the 1st Brigade on the Orange Plank Road. Col. Timothy M. Bryan’s 1st Brigade had the rear on the advance and retreat. Col. George H. Chapman’s 2nd Brigade led in the advance and retreat. Wilson originally pushed Rosser back, but then had to retreat using east using a wagon track through the woods.
Date
Source This is a Wikimedia Commons file named Wilderness May5 0700.png that has been modified by TwoScarsUp. The modifications (Wilson's cavalry) are based on information and illustrations in The Wilderness Campaign, edited by Gary W. Gallagher. The chapter in the book is called Union Cavalry in the Wilderness, and it was written by Gordon C. Rhea.
Author The original author is User:Hlj, and TwoScarsUp has added a small modification that shows the positions of 3 portions of Wilson's 3rd Cavalry Division. Portions of the original have been cropped. The original was drawn in Adobe Illustrator CS5 by Hal Jespersen. Graphic source file is available at http://www.posix.com/CWmaps/

Licensing

w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.

Captions

Wilson advanced his cavalry toward Rosser.

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

21 March 2020

image/png

57f579c7e7c9d96b17fb37c6e23a2f9866dc80b5

89,167 byte

228 pixel

430 pixel

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current21:35, 21 March 2020Thumbnail for version as of 21:35, 21 March 2020430 × 228 (87 KB)TwoScarsUpUploaded a work by The original author is User:Hlj, and TwoScarsUp has added a small modification that shows the positions of 3 portions of Wilson's 3rd Cavalry Division. Portions of the original have been cropped. The original was drawn in Adobe Illustrator CS5 by Hal Jespersen. Graphic source file is available at http://www.posix.com/CWmaps/ from This is a Wikimedia Commons file named Wilderness May5 0700.png that has been modified by TwoScarsUp. with UploadWizard

The following page uses this file:

Metadata