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title: "Why was the Wilderness such a difficult place to do battle?"  
description: "Why was the Wilderness such a difficult place to do battle?"  
author: "Peterson arnold"  
published: 2018-05-14  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42385/why-was-the-wilderness-such-a-difficult-place-to-do-battle  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why was the Wilderness such a difficult place to do battle? 

Why was the [Wilderness](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43361/in-may-1864-what-did-the-army-of-the-potomac-do-after-losing-the-battle-of-the-wilderness) such a [difficult place](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42223/why-were-tenements-a-difficult-place-to-live-for-the-urban-working-class) to do battle? \
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