Midnight
Areas of forest between the two armies were mowed down . More than one large tree was cut through entirely by rifle bullets . Other trees here , as in the Wilderness , caught fire and flamed high . Midnight put an end to the battle , with neither gaining the victory and both claiming it . Harry had lost another horse , killed under him , and now he walked almost dazed over the terrible field of Spottsylvania , where nearly thirty thousand men had fallen , and nothing had yet been decided . Yet in Harry 's heart the fear of the grim and silent Grant was growing . The Northern general had fought within a few days two battles , each the equal of Waterloo , and Harry felt sure that he was preparing for a third .