It's May 3rd, 1864 -- Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant and Major General George Meade's plan to move the 120,000-man Army of the Potomac is underway. They will move the Union War Machine under the cover of darkness, cross the Rapidan River far EAST of the Confederate Left Flank and make an end-run around to the Confederate Rear before Lee has a chance to react. It is a good plan except for three faulty assumptions: Assuming they can keep the movements of a massive army a secret, assuming that Lee's troops will take over 30 hours to move out of their defenses, and assuming that they can move their army quickly through the fabled WILDERNESS.