- Home
- William V Chewning
- Historic Ellwood
- Battlefield
- Take Action
- Volunteer
- Membership
- Donate
- Heritage Programs
- Join the Heritage Programs
- Ellwood Legacy Biographies
- Wilderness Brigade Biographies
- Alexander Hays
- Alfred Franklin Stafford
- Alonzo Able Maxam
- Amos Gilbert Bean
- Archibald Thomas Cohea
- Baxter C. Johnson
- Benjamin Hartwell Starr
- Blake Henry Wiggins
- Brigadier General Leroy Augustus Stafford
- Carlos H Rich
- Charles S. Ainslie
- Daniel Hartnett
- Eben F. Manchester
- Edward (Edmond) Slattery
- Elias S Trainum
- Elias Trainum
- Francis Burns
- Frederick William Watkins
- General Ulysess S Grant
- Gervas Ott
- Henry Murray
- Henry Washington Waters
- Hilliard Daws
- Horace Hall
- Horatio Bell
- Hugh Moore
- Jairus Rufus Shockey
- James Benjamin Braswell
- James Branyan
- James W. Letherbury
- James Woolfolk and E.T. Woolfolk
- John Anthony Craig
- John Calhoun Pitchford
- John Hatch Stover
- John Knupp
- John Levi Hosford
- John Patterson
- John Simpson
- Joseph Zeigler
- Josiah Outley Daws
- Laughlin J McKenzie
- Major W. Haley
- Martin Slaughter Stringfellow
- Oliver Johnston Youmans
- Robert Branyan
- Robert Edward Lee
- Samuel Klinger Schwenk
- Seth Callis Hunkins
- Thomas Hardy Culver
- Thomas R Gosnell
- William Dickey Jones
- William Edwin Foster
- William Fitzhugh “Rooney” Lee
- William Henry Wheeler
- William M Patton
- William V Chewning
- Jr. Ranger Program
- News/Events
- About
Dinner and Speaker Event – May 7
“War to Utter Submission…” Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and the Transformation of a Nation Friends of Wilderness Battlefield is pleased to host a dinner/speaker event at The Cove at Fawn Lake on Saturday, May 7, from 5:30 PM – 9:00 PM. A cash bar will be available starting at 6:00 PM. Our speaker is John Hennessy, recently retired Chief Historian with the …
Read More2022 Park Day Canceled
Due to remaining storm related hazards in the Wilderness Battlefield, particularly along Hill-Ewell Drive and Rt. 20, the National Park Service has determined that a spring Park Day cleanup event cannot be safely conducted this year.
Read MoreChristmas Open House at Ellwood
Friends of Wilderness Battlefield is pleased to welcome visitors to Ellwood to see the beautiful Victorian Christmas decorations prepared by the Fawn Lake Lawn and Garden Club. Unfortunately, we are still unable to host Santa or crafts this year, due to pandemic restrictions, but we would still like to invite visitors to come out and enjoy the house decorated for …
Read More