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Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park

Civil War Trust Reaches Goal To Save Part Of Wilderness Battlefield Near Fredericksburg And Spotsylvania National Military Park

Another vital piece of the Wilderness Battlefield -- the site of the daytime field headquarters of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant -- has been preserved near Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park thanks to the efforts of the Civil War Trust.

The Innis House, a Testament to Fury

The Innis House was built about 1861 on property
owned by Martha Stephens. In 1861 it was lived in by John Innis, one of
Martha's common law husbands.

The Innis House was lived in until the 1970s.
After the house was sold to the park, restoration work returned the
house to its 1862 appearance. Work crews removed modern layers of wood
and wall paper revealing hundreds of bullet holes.

Kurt Repanshek

National Park Service Rolling Out 5-Year Plan to Commemorate 150th Anniversary of Civil War

Through the course of the next five years the National Park Service will be rolling out a series of programs to both help commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and highlight its impact on the Civil Rights movement in this country.

Updated: Walmart Drops Plan to Build Super Store on Historic Parcel of Wilderness Battlefield

In a development that apparently ends a long dispute over whether a key vestige of the Wilderness Battlefield near Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park would be paved over, Walmart officials reportedly have abandoned their plans for a supercenter on the parcel.

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