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Saunders’ Field
"The last crop of the field had been com and among its stubble that day were sown the seeds of glory. ” — Staff member, Warren’s 5th Corps
On the morning of.May 5, advance Union pickets on the Orange Turnpike (Route 20 today) were in for a shock. To their surprise, off in the distance in the treeline they saw rebel riders, and behind them foot soldiers with rifles at the ready.
The pickets prepared for an attack, but the gray dots retreated back into the woods. Upon hearing word of this, Meade assumed it was only a small body of Confederate soldiers and ordered Warren to attack. Grant concurred with Meade’s plan saying, “If any opportunity presents itself of pitching into a part of Lee’s army, do so without giving time for disposition.”
Several hundred yards beyond the picket line was Saunders’ Field, an old com patch that was one of the few clearings in the Wilderness, extending across both sides of the Orange Turnpike. Throughout the morning the Union soldiers on the picket watched as a stream of rebels marched down the turnpike and disappeared into the woods on the other side of the field.
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