Civil War Historic Events in March

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1 150 th Anniversary of the American Civil War No minutes from the December meeting as there was no business meeting. REMINDER: DUES FOR 2014 ARE DUE NOW!!!! Send to Jim Marshall, address above Cape May County Civil War Round Table Newsletter February 2014 Meeting Schedule: 21 March: Matthew Bruce : Confederate Cruisers 18 April: 16 May: 20 June: 18 July: 15 August: 19 September: 17 October: 21 November:?? December: CMCCWRT Officers for 2014 President: Marty Runner 1402 Rt 9 South, Lot 193, Cape May Court House, NJ pat_mar1136@yahoo.com Vice President: Lou Bishop Jr. 21 Schoolhouse Ln, Cape May Court House, NJ or southwilriseagain@aol.com Civil War Historic Events in March 1860 No major battles, etc. in March 4 Lincoln inaugurated 1862 March 7-8 Battle of Pea Ridge (AR) 8 Confederate ironclad Merrimac enters Hampton Roads, destroys Union warships 9 Battle of Monitor-Merrimac in Hampton Roads 21 First battle of Kernstown (VA) 28 Battle of Glorieta (NM) 1863 No major battles, etc. in No major battles, etc. i9n March 2 Battle of Waynesboro (VA) 4 Lincoln inaugurated 25 Battle of Fort Stedman at Petersburg Secretary: Pat Munson-Siter 42 Franklin Ave., Villas, NJ ladysymitar@hotmail.com Treasurer: Jim Marshall 202 Bartram Ln., Ocean City, NJ

2 Civil War Related Events March 2014 Most of these are from check out the web site for lots more information! 1 VA Lecture, "Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid," at Walkerton Tavern, 2892 Mountain Road, Glen Allen, north of Richmond. 1 pm. Free VA Walking tour, "Battle of Smithfield," meets at the Isle of Wight Museum in Smithfield. 2 pm. Free. historicisleofwight.com 1 VA Guided walking tour of Fort Huger, Talcott Terrace, on the James River near Smithfield. 10 am. Free VA Van tour, "Howlett Line," guided tour of the Confederate defenses at Bermuda Hundred south of Richmond. Leaves from Henricus Historical Park. 10 am-2 pm. $15. Register: chesterfieldhistory.com (click Civil War Tours). 1 MD Talk, "Women Soldiers in Civil War Armies," at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick. 2 pm. Free with museum admission. CivilWarMed.org 1 PA Lecture, "Battle of Brice's Crossroads Nathan Bedford Forrest's Greatest Victory," at the Gettysburg NMP visitor center 1:30 pm. Free. nps.gov/gett 2 VA Conference, "'May God Forgive Me for the Order': The War Returns to the Valley," at the Hall of Valor Museum in New Market. $20. Sign up: shenandoahatwar.org 2 VA Talk, "General Phillip Sheridan's Cavalry," at the Five Forks Battlefield visitor center near Petersburg. 2 pm. Free. nps.gov/pete 2 PA Lecture, " Like the Oncoming of Cities Freedom's Dilemma," at the Gettysburg NMP visitor center 1:30 pm. Free. nps.gov/gett 7 VA Bus tour, "Then and Now: An Illustrated Tour of the Peninsular Campaign. Begins at the Mariners' Museum in Newport News. 9 am-6:30 pm. $145 includes lunch/reception. Reservations needed. battleofhamptonroads.com 8 DC "Abraham Lincoln and States' Rights," special day-long lecture series at the Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 9:30 am-4:15 pm. $130. smithsonianassociates.org (click Civil War). 8 VA Talk, The Troops of the Microscopic Battlefield: Heroes or Enemies?" at the Museum of the Confederacy in Appomattox. 1 pm. Free with museum admission. moc.org 8 VA Walking tour, "Civil War Leesburg," begins at the Balch Library, 208 W Market St, Leesburg. 10 am. Free VA Tours, "Women in the Civil War," special tours of Ben Lomond Historic Site, Sudley Manor Drive, Manassas. On the hour, 11 am-3 pm. $ PA Lecture, "Spring 1864 Congressional Hearings on Meade at Gettysburg: 'Witch hunt or fair play?'" at the Gettysburg NMP visitor center 1:30 pm. Free. nps.gov/gett 8-9 VA Living history, lectures and more, "Hampton Roads Weekend," annual event commemorating the anniversary of the Battle of the Ironclads at the Mariners' Museum in Newport News. Free with museum admission. battleofhamptonroads.com 9 VA Book talk, "The Amazing Legacy of James E. Hanger, Civil War Soldier," at the Manassas Museum. 2 pm Free. manassasmuseum.org 9 VA Lecture, "The Civil War Romance of Antonia Ford and Major Joseph C. Willard," at Historic Blenheim, 3610 Old Lee Highway, in Fairfax. 2 pm. Free PA Lecture, "Longstreet to the Rescue: The Battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864," at the Gettysburg NMP visitor center 1:30 pm. Free. nps.gov/gett 12 VA Talk, "Raiders, Rangers, and Rogues: Irregular Warfare in the Confederacy," at the Museum of the Confederacy in Appomattox. 12:15 pm. Talk is free. moc.org 14 VA Talk, "Diabolical Designs: The Story of Dahlgren's Raid," at the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond. Noon. Free with museum admission. moc.org 15 PA Seminar, "East Cavalry Field: Cavalry Clash That Saved the Union," at the Gettysburg NMP. Halfday lecture at the visitor center, half day on the battlefield. $95. Register: VA Van tour, "Wilderness and Spotsylvania Battlefields" begins at Lee Hall Mansion in Newport News. 8 am-5 pm. $50. Reservations: leehall.org or VA "Glorious March to Liberty: United States Colored Troops in the Civil War," special program at the Dabbs House Museum, 3812 Nine 2

3 Mile Road near Richmond. 1 pm. Free VA Seminar, "1864," annual event at the Jarman Auditorium, Longwood University in Farmville. Speakers begin at 9 am. Free. Directions: longwood.edu 15 VA Living history, "Jack Tars and Virginia Boatmen on the James and Appomattox Rivers," at Grant's Headquarters at City Point in Hopewell. 10 am- 4:30 pm. Free. nps.gov/pete VA Living history, "Military Through the Ages," at the Jamestown Settlement near Williamsburg. Includes Civil War camp and demonstrations. Free with site admission. historyisfun.org 20 VA Lecture, "Women in the Civil War," at the Lloyd House, 220 N Washington St, Alexandria. 7:30 pm. Free. historicalexandria.org 22 VA Bus tour, "When the Northern Line Held: Defending Washington in Day-long tour of the capital's area fortifications. Begins at Fort Ward in Alexandria. $100. Details, registration: fortward.org 22 VA Symposium, "Winter Encampment," focus is on huge Union camp , at the Germanna Community College Technical Center in Culpeper. 8 am-4 pm. $ or friendsofcedarmountain.org 22 VA Lecture, "Confederate Memorial Day in Alexandria from 1866 to the Present," at Historic Blenheim, 3610 Old Lee Highway, Fairfax. 2 pm. Free VA Lecture, "USS Monitor's Turret Reveals Her Secrets," at the Mariners' Museum in Newport News. 1 pm. Free with admission. MarinersMuseum.org 22 PA Seminar, "East Cavalry Field: Cavalry Clash That Saved the Union," at the Gettysburg NMP. Halfday lecture at the visitor center, half day on the battlefield. $95. Register: manassasmuseum.org 28 VA Book talk, "Robert E. Lee and War & Peace," at the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond. Noon. Free with museum admission. moc.org 29 MD Conference, "Maryland and the Civil War," at the Carroll County Community College in Westminster. Annual conference examines the war's impact on the region. 9:30 am-3 pm. $45 (less for local or Maryland residents) inlcudes lunch. Enroll, more info: carrollcc.edu/events/civilwar_event.asp 29 VA Book talk, "Robert E. Lee in War and Peace," a collection and study of photographs, at the Museum of the Confederacy in Appomattox. 1 pm. Free with museum admission. moc.org 29 VA Walking tour, "Historic Point of Rocks," Bermuda Hundred Union hospital site, fortifications. Starts at 10 am at 201 Enon Church Road, Chester. $8. Register: chesterfieldhistory.com (click Civil War Tours). 29 VA Talk, "Abraham Lincoln at the Siege of Petersburg," at Grant's Headquarters at City Point in Hopewell. 2 pm. Free. nps.gov/pete 29 VA Living history and ranger talks, "Battle of Fort Gregg," anniversary activities at Fort Gregg, part of the Petersburg National Battlefield. 10 am-4:30 pm. Free. nps.gov/pete 30 VA Film and discussion, "Shenandoah," at the Henrico Theater, 305 E Nine Mile Road, Highland Springs. 2-4:30 pm. Free VA Gallery tour, "Fateful Lightning: Religion and the Civil War," at the American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar in Richmond. 1 pm. Free with museum admission. tredegar.org 30 VA Anniversary living history and ranger talks at the Five Forks battlefield near Petersburg. 10 am-4 pm. Free. nps.gov/pete 22 PA "An Evening with the Painting," after-hours extended look at the Gettysburg Cyclorama at the Gettysburg NMP visitor center. 5 pm. $20. gettysburgfoundation.org 23 VA Lecture, "1864 The Year of Total War in the Loudoun Valley," at Historic Mount Zion Church, John Mosby Highway, Aldie. $10/adult VA Book talk, "Robert E. Lee in War and Peace," at the Manassas Museum. 2 pm Free. 3

4 Are you on Facebook? Be sure to visit the Cape May County Civil War Round Table Facebook Page!! Over the next two weeks, tens of thousands of visitors and reenactors will converge on Gettysburg to mark the 150th anniversary of the great battle. In the last decade, the park service has erased modern intrusions from the 6,000-acre battlefield at a rapid pace, demolished an observation tower, a motel, a car dealership, modern houses, and most recently the controversial Cyclorama building. Overlooking the field of Pickett's Charge - the Confederates' final assault on the third day of the fighting. the building was the subject of a 15-year lawsuit. The park service has also uncovered Civil War-era farm lanes and stone walls, replanted orchards, and rebuilt fences. The work is part of a comprehensive, multimillion-dollar project to rehabilitate features within the park boundaries. Park officials eschew the word restoration because they feel it is impossible to perfectly re-create the historic landscape. Early park planning, driven by a single-minded philosophy of the victors to preserve only what mattered to the North, opened up huge swaths of the battlefield to development. A Gettysburg battle plan: The field as it once was = By Amy Worden, Inquirer Staff Writer POSTED: JUNE 24, 2013 GETTYSBURG - During the monumental battle fought here 150 years ago, Powers Hill played a key role as a signal station and artillery position guarding the main route to Washington. Over time the fields turned to forest and few visitors made the short trek up the boulder-filled hill at the southeastern corner of Gettysburg National Military Park for the view. Because there wasn't one. Before last year you could not see the battlefield for the trees. Today, after trees have been clear-cut, a nonhistoric house demolished, and a small parcel of land purchased, a visitor can stand beside the boulders, look out across the Baltimore Pike clear over to Culp's Hill and understand exactly what was at stake. "Seeing the landscape as soldiers saw it is paramount to understanding the battle," said Garry Adelman, director of history and education at the nonprofit group Civil War Trust and a licensed battlefield guide for 20 years. Powers Hill is just one project among many that the National Park Service has undertaken in the last decade or so to bring back the battlefield and help expand visitors' understanding of what took place here. Before the U.S. War Department took over the park in 1895, veterans' groups that oversaw initial land acquisition believed that only Union battle positions should be preserved. Commercial interests began snapping up property along Confederate lines, building tourist cabins, diners, even a roller rink. As the 50th anniversary in 1913 approached and again with the 75th anniversary in 1938 and the centennial in 1963, more development came. In addition, many private properties remained within park boundaries, so many in some spots that whole villages like the one named Pinchgut cropped up. "There was a struggle over whether this would be a historic or amusement park," Adelman said. The National Park Service took over battlefield management in 1916 with a very different approach: that the only way the full battle story could be realized would be to preserve Confederate positions, too. Thus began the nearly century-long process of reclaiming the battlefield, tearing down commercial structures. Gone are the Home Sweet Home motel, which sat on Steinwehr Avenue at the edge of Pickett's Charge; a Ford dealership, which was the last commercial enterprise within the park's boundaries and stood where the Union Army's 11th Corps was overwhelmed on July 1, 1863; and the 300-foot-tall observation tower - the subject of court battles that predated its construction in that was finally seized by eminent domain and demolished in The park service also works with the remaining landowners to secure easements ensuring that the property still in private hands will not be developed. 4

5 "Every quarter acre is very important," said Adelman. Because of its prominence, Gettysburg among all Civil War battlefields has attracted more private resources to help drive land acquisition, said Adelman, whose group has played a lead role in helping purchase so-called outparcels, privately held properties in the park. But at the same time, the park management bears the burden of being the most scrutinized. While Gettysburg has not faced some of the major commercial projects that have threatened several of Virginia's most important Civil War sites - the Disneyworld theme park once envisioned at the Manassas battlefield in the early 1990s or a Wal-Mart near the Wilderness in more recent years - battlefield preservationists nonetheless have found themselves in a succession of skirmishes over the last eight years to halt construction of a planned casino near the southwestern corner of the battlefield. Developers two years ago lost their bid for a casino license and the project was shelved. On a recent tour of some of the park's rehabilitated sites, Lawhon paused to point out two features once lost to history: the replanted apple orchard and newly uncovered Trostle Farm lane, near where Union Gen. Dan Sickles, his leg shattered by a Confederate cannonball, had sought cover with his troops. Under siege by Confederates, with no access to water, the soldiers stuffed themselves with apples to quench their thirst while they awaited supply troops using that farm lane. "They were tearing unripe fruit off the trees," Lawhon said. "We know that because so many soldiers wrote about it in their diaries," she said. Standing by a swamp white oak - one of the remaining "witness trees" that stood during the battle - Lawhon explained how bringing back the historic landscape enhances the visitor's experience. "You can see how Sickles would have taken shelter in the orchard, how troops brought artillery cannon pieces up Trostle's lane to help him," she said. "And why he made the decisions he did." Two years ago, the park with private funds completed purchase of the 100-acre Gettysburg Country Club, on the western edge of the park where Confederate and Union troops clashed on the battle's first day. The rehabilitation strategy there is essentially planned neglect. Park spokeswoman Katie Lawhon said they were letting the once well-groomed greens go fallow as the park winds down its rehabilitation to-do list. This spring, the park finally demolished the massive Cyclorama building that stood along Cemetery Ridge at the heart of the battlefield. The concrete structure was erected in 1963 to house the historic Cyclorama painting depicting Pickett's Charge, now displayed in the new visitors center a mile away. Lovers of modern architecture and the son of its famed architect, Richard Neutra, fought until the bulldozers arrived to preserve it, arguing that it, too, was now part of the historic Gettysburg landscape. Removing the building has allowed the park service to reclaim Ziegler's Grove, where Union soldiers repelled Gen. George Pickett's forces on the battle's final day. Lawhon said future plans for the park will be less noticeable to the average visitor: maintaining the landscape, keeping tree growth at bay, caring for the orchards, and repairing fencing. Civil War Trust Announces Another Successful Year For Battlefield Preservation NATIONAL NONPROFIT PROTECTED 2,700 ACRES OF HALLOWED GROUND IN 2013 INCLUDING SOME OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS IN THE ORGANIZATION S HISTORY AS IT ECLIPSED THE 38,500 ACRES SAVED MARK 5

6 (Washington, D.C.) In a year when Americans commemorated the 150th anniversary of some of the most momentous battles of the Civil War, the Civil War Trust continued its crusade to preserve the nation s most significant hallowed ground. Thanks to the generosity of its nearly 200,000 members and supporters, coupled with its strategic partnerships with government officials and nonprofit groups throughout the nation, the Trust protected more than 2,700 acres of battlefield land in This brings the total acreage saved by the organization to 38,500 acres at 122 historic sites Without a doubt, 2013 will long be remembered as one of the most exciting years in the history of battlefield preservation, Trust president James Lighthizer said. Thanks to the steadfast dedication of our members, friends and partners, we have protected 2,700 acres of the most hallowed ground in America. It is a proud legacy of the Civil War sesquicentennial commemoration that will be enjoyed for many generations to come. completed a $3.6 million national fundraising campaign to preserve 56 acres atop historic Fleetwood Hill on the Brandy Station Battlefield in Virginia. These two campaigns were among the most ambitious in the organization s history. Throughout the year, the Trust strove to coordinate preservation initiatives with the ongoing 150th anniversary commemoration of the Civil War. Most notably, the Trust protected 109 acres at Reed s Bridge, the site of the opening clash of the Battle of Chickamauga, in a campaign that coincided with the battle s sesquicentennial. This success at Chickamauga was announced during the Tennessee Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission s October 2013 signature event. Working closely in cooperation with willing landowners and preservation partners, the Trust completed 47 transactions at 30 individual battlefields in 10 states. The battlefields where land was preserved in 2013: Antietam, Md.; Ball s Bluff, Va.; Bentonville, N.C.; Brandy Station, Va.; Brice s Crossroads, Miss.; Cedar Mountain, Va.; Chancellorsville, Va.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Chickamauga, Ga.; Cold Harbor, Va.; Cool Spring, Va.; Deep Bottom, Va.; Fort Donelson, Tenn.; Gettysburg, Pa.; Glendale, Va.; Harpers Ferry, W.Va.; High Bridge, Va.; Kelly s Ford, Va.; Malvern Hill, Va.; Peeble s Farm, Va.; Perryville, Ky.; Rappahannock Station, Va.; Sailor s Creek, Va.; Second Manassas, Va.; Shepherdstown, W.Va.; South Mountain, Md.; Totopotomoy Creek, Va.; Vicksburg, Miss.; White Oak Road, Va.; Wilson s Creek, Mo. Historian Bud Hall holds a picture of the "for sale" signs and development proposals that once threatened the land where he's standing, now owned by the Trust. Particularly exciting was the acquisition of two properties targeted for decades by the battlefield preservation community. In February, the Trust and Franklin's Charge announced the preservation of the Dominos strip center in Franklin, Tenn., the centerpiece of a three-year campaign that included multiple parcels and fundraising totaling more than $3.2 million. A few months later, in August, the Trust announced it had successfully Cotton Gin Park rendering These 2,700 acres of hallowed ground preserved in 2013 would not have been saved without the dedication of Trust partners: American Battlefield Protection Program, National Park Service, Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site, Jefferson County Historic Landmarks Commission, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site, Tennessee Historical Commission, Tennessee Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission, Tennessee Department of Transportation, Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation and Virginia Department of Transportation. Numerous organizations also contributed to these preservation successes, including Brandy Station Foundation, Brice s Crossroads National Battlefield Commission, Cedar Mountain Stone, CFC Farm Center, Culpeper Wood Preservers, Franklin s Charge, Friends of Cedar Mountain Battlefield, Central Virginia Battlefields Trust, Friends of Vicksburg National Military Park and Campaign, Georgia Battlefields Association, Georgia Piedmont Land Trust, Historic Polegreen Church Foundation, Journey Through Hallowed Ground, Kipps Nursery, Land Conservancy of Adams County, Land Trust for Tennessee, Land Trust of the Eastern Panhandle, Lyndhurst Foundation of Chattanooga, Maryland Environmental Trust, Maryland Historical Trust, Mill Springs Battlefield Association, National Parks Conservation Association, Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority, Piedmont Environmental Council, Richmond Battlefields Association, Shenandoah Valley Battlefields 6

7 Foundation, Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association, Shenandoah University, Williams Family Foundation of Georgia and Wilson s Creek National Battlefield Foundation. These are selfless individuals and organizations who continue to stand by the Trust and our members year in and year out to save America s hallowed ground, Lighthizer said. Our job would be a whole lot harder without the tireless efforts of these leaders, along with many of our elected officials who fight tooth and nail for programs essential to our efforts. In addition to its land acquisition successes, the Trust continues promoting greater appreciation and understanding of the Civil War through its innovative educational programs and digital offerings. In 2013, the group s flagship website, received more than 4.5 million unique visits an increase of 83 percent from Moreover, fans of the Trust s Facebook page increased by 30 percent to more than 181,000 users. Building on the momentum of the ongoing commemoration of the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, the Trust introduced several interactive offerings highlighting battles and events commemorating 150th anniversaries in Over the course of the year, the Trust debuted 360 degree panoramic tours of the Gettysburg and Chattanooga battlefields, which are available via The organization also released three additions to its Battle App series that provide GPS-enabled, multimedia smartphone tours of Vicksburg, Gettysburg and Appomattox. More than 200,000 users downloaded one of these products in In addition, the Trust unveiled the Civil War In4 web series and launched a new website that provides a fresh perspective on America s most famous speech: Behind the Scenes: Lincoln s Gettysburg Address. prestigious 2013 Top-Rated Award by GreatNonprofits, the leading provider of user reviews about nonprofit organizations. In addition, Charity Navigator, America s leading charity evaluator, awarded the Trust its fifth-consecutive 4-star rating, an honor bestowed on only four percent of charities assessed by the organization. This was a truly remarkable year for the Trust, but I would be remiss if I did not remark on the tremendous loss of our friend, former chairman and a beacon in the battlefield preservation movement, Henry Simpson, Lighthizer said. First and foremost, Henry was my friend. He was a born leader who motivated and inspired a new generation of battlefield preservationists. Henry will be sorely missed, but with the guidance of our new chairman, Michael Grainger, we will honor his service and his memory by preserving even more of America s hallowed ground in the coming year. Governor McDonnell Announces Donation of Battlefield Lands to Commonwealth by Wal-Mart DONATED LAND IN ORANGE COUNTY IS AFFILIATED WITH BATTLES OF CHANCELLORSVILLE AND WILDERNESS (Richmond, Va.) - Governor Bob McDonnell announced today that Wal-Mart has donated to the Commonwealth of Virginia more than 50 acres of land in Orange County associated with the Civil War battle of Chancellorsville and most notably with the battle of the Wilderness. We are delighted by this generous and voluntary gift from Wal-Mart, said Governor McDonnell. It s another demonstration of Wal-Mart s role as a good and positive corporate citizen in Virginia, whose presence here serves long range goals for our vitality. Panorama View of Lookout Mountain During 2013, the Trust received a variety of awards and recognitions for its work. In July, its membership magazine, Hallowed Ground, again earned top honors for outstanding quality through the APEX Awards for Publication Excellence its fifth-consecutive Grand Award. The organization also continued to earn accolades for its sound fiscal management and commitment to top-notch donor relations, receiving a Henry Jordan, Senior Vice President, Eastern Seaboard Wal- Mart said, Wal-Mart is extremely pleased that we have both found a home for our new store in Orange County while donating the property at the originally proposed site to the Commonwealth. In this way, we have been able to give back to the community and serve the needs of our customers. Virginia s Department of Historic Resources, the agency that will receive and steward the donated land, has worked quietly with Wal-Mart to complete a the donation documents and its acceptance. Those documents are now final and will be record by Wal-Mart. The department holds or co-holds numerous easements on thousands of acres of privately-owned battlefield 7

8 lands throughout the commonwealth, easements that protect the lands from future development. This is a wonderful legacy gift from Wal-Mart that comes during the mid-point of the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War, said Kathleen S. Kilpatrick, director of the Department of Historic Resources. We look forward to working with community leaders to steward the property and realize its potential for public benefit. We are grateful to the Company and to Speaker Bill Howell, Chairman of the Sesquicentennial Commission, for his work to encourage the donation. With this donation, Wal-Mart successfully fulfils the commitment made in 2011 to choose an alternate site and work to set aside the original location, said Jim Lighthizer, president of the Civil War Trust. The Commonwealth and Virginia s Department of Historic Resources are ideally suited to be stewards of this resource, safeguarding its integrity for future generations of Americans to visit and study. We deeply appreciate Wal-Mart s gift and the Commonwealth s willingness to facilitate this important milestone in the protection of battlefield lands. On behalf of the entire Sesquicentennial Commission, I want to thank Wal-Mart for this generous donation, added Speaker Bill Howell. The Civil War is an important part of Virginia s history. This donation will allow for the preservation of these historic lands for future generations. Wal-Mart had originally purchased the land, which was zoned for development, for construction of a Wal-Mart Supercenter store, a decision the company was willing to revisit when the site s close affiliation with Chancellorsville and Wilderness were brought to light. Wal-Mart has since then selected, purchased, and constructed a store at an alternative site four miles west of the original site located at the intersection of Routes 3 and 20. The company s alternative site was supported by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Civil War Trust, and other groups who today applauded the donation. USS Monitor Cape May County Civil War Round Table Cmccwrt.com 8