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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 Tavern hospital site: (1 hr. 15 min) 2:30 P.M. <br Sunday, June 16, 2019 Civil War Medicine Living History demonstrations: …

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 sites along the Rapidan River. Greg’s narration will bring to life such notables …

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 casualties during the Battle of Chancellorsville and then one year later was the scene of Federal …

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 minutes.  Bring your favorite lawn chair so you can listen in comfort as …

Saturday, June 1, 2019 11:30 AM  – 1:30 PM  Generals Quarters Restaurant 32345 Constitution Hwy (Route 20) Locust Grove, VA 22508 Have you ever wondered why the Marquis de Lafayette, a French Aristocrat, came to be one of the most important heroes of the American Revolution, and, did you know that he actually spent time in the Wilderness during the …