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Battle of the Wilderness — Desperate Fight on the Orange Plank Road Near Todd's Tavern Size:24x18 Mead & White imposed onBattle of the Wilderness Desperate Fight on the Orange Plank Road Near Todd's Tavern renders Grant's May 1864 collision with Lee in the Virginia thickets, where musket smoke tangled with burning underbrush and the wounded cried from a forest that would not stop smoldering. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies, and the