"House of Cards" and the Battle of the Wilderness

[Spock]

Picking a nit.

One storyline in Season 2 of House of Cards involves Frank Underwood visiting a Civil War battle site that is obviously the Battle of the Wilderness. His Great-Great Grandfather died there and it was stated by park officials that 15,000 men died right in this small area. The story made it seem that that was only one small area of the battle.

Total dead in The Wilderness was about 1,500 Confederate and 2,250 Union. Plus about 20,000 wounded total. Grr!!!

[Bob Juch]

Don't get me started on Braveheart, A Beautiful Mind, etc., etc., etc.

[silverscreenselect]

Picking a nit.

One storyline in Season 2 of House of Cards involves Frank Underwood visiting a Civil War battle site that is obviously the Battle of the Wilderness. His Great-Great Grandfather died there and it was stated by park officials that 15,000 men died right in this small area. The story made it seem that that was only one small area of the battle.

Total dead in The Wilderness was about 1,500 Confederate and 2,250 Union. Plus about 20,000 wounded total. Grr!!!

Although I haven't seen the second season of the show yet, is it possible they were talking about the entire Wilderness campaign and not just the one battle? Or if you want to be a bit more general, you could add the battles of Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg, which were fought not that far away either.