by Mark Leach | Jul 10, 2019 | Archives
On Thursday, July 18, at 11am, the Friends of Wilderness Battlefield and descendants of Elizabeth Frances “Phenie” Tapp will hold a brief ceremony to rededicate her grave marker at Oak Hill Cemetery, 1902 Plank Road, in Fredericksburg. After FoWB volunteer Daniel... by Mark Leach | Jun 5, 2019 | Archives
Saturday, June 15, 2019 Civil War Medicine Living History demonstrations: 10:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. Guided Walking Tour of the Ellwood Grounds (45 minutes): 11:00 AM Special Civil War Medicine and Hospital Presentation: 1:00 P.M. Guided Walking Tour to Wilderness... by Mark Leach | May 13, 2019 | Archives
We would like to offer you the opportunity to be one of the participants in the third annual Friends of Wilderness Battlefield Civil War Canoe Trip. On Saturday, June 22, 2019, National Park Service Historian Greg Mertz will lead a day long canoe tour of Civil War... by Mark Leach | May 8, 2019 | Archives
Please join us on Saturday, May 25, as we honor those Civil War soldiers who gave their lives on the Chancellorsville and Wilderness Battlefields. The program will be held on the grounds of the historic structure Ellwood, which served as a hospital for Confederate... by Mark Leach | May 8, 2019 | Archives
Please join us as on Saturday, May 11 when we read aloud from letters written by Civil War soldiers to their mothers, wives, and grandmothers as a special Mother’s Day tribute. Readings will take place at 11:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M. The programs will last about 30...