The Visit

During the normal hours of operation, Ellwood Manor is staffed by volunteers acting as docents for Friends of Wilderness Battlefield and the National Park Service.
 
These thoroughly prepared interpreters of history stand ready to share information about

• the history and architecture of the house
• the families
• the Civil War significance

Arriving on the Ellwood Manor grounds, the visitor will see the house as it appeared in May of 1864, including the dove-colored exterior paint, cedar-shake- shingled roof, original windows and a replica Fifth Corp headquarters flag posted at the front door. 
  
Upon entering the house, the visitor steps into the grand Entry Hall where visitors have been greeted for more than two centuries.

The Exhibits

The entire first floor has been restored to its 1864 appearance. The Entry Hall and the Parlor immediately to the left have been restored to depict Union Gen. Gouveneur K. Warren’s occupation of the house as his headquarters May 5 and 6, 1864.

In May of 2010, FoWB and the National Park Service unveiled professionally designed and fabricated exhibits located in the The Ellwood Room and The Wilderness Room on the first floor. 
 
The Ellwood Room presents an enlightening array of graphic panels conveying history of the Wilderness, the plantation, the house, the families, and domestic life. 

The Wilderness Room display panels provide an in-depth description of the Battle of the Wilderness.  Featured are a state-of-the-art map showing the progression of the two-day battle and an interactive station that invites visitors to try their hand at determining the outcome of various battle scenarios.
 
A visit to Ellwood would not be complete without a walk to the family cemetery where Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson' s arm was buried.