Marching Orders

Date:  Saturday 10 May 2008

Assembly Location/Time:
If you want to carpool to the battlefield, meet at the Centreville Library parking lot -- we will depart at 7:45 AM sharp.  If you choose to drive on your own, meet us at the Chancellorsville Battlefield Visitor Center on Route 3 at 9:00 AM. (Driving time from Centreville is about 1 hour).  There are rest rooms at the visitor center. 

Tour Duration: 
9:00 AM until about 3:00 PM.

Lunch:
Please pack a lunch and join us for a picnic on the lawn at Ellwood (aka Lacy House).  There is a McDonalds restaurant about a mile from Ellwood, at the intersection of Rte 3 and Rte 20. If participants don’t want to pack a lunch they can stop by and pick something up before joining us for the picnic at Ellwood. Consider bringing a blanket or lawn chair.

After Lunch:
Carolyn Elstner is a volunteer tour guide at Ellwood.  Her family owned the property when she was a child so she has all kinds of stories about growing up there.  She has agreed to give us a presentation and tour at 1:00 PM right after our picnic lunch.

Inclement Weather:
We will send out a weather cancellation notice via e-mail the morning of the tour.  If you do not have e-mail call Kevin Anastas.
  
Chief Tour Guide: Kevin Anastas Cell: (703) 431-2569.  E-mail kka2@cox.net

Supplementary Information:
The following article is a reprint of a presentation made by Ed Bearss on 21 January 1986 to members of the Civil War Round Table of Long Beach, CA.  It was originally printed in cited organization’s newsletter, the Grapeshot.  It is a trememdously informative article and with Bearss’ permission it is reproduced here:  Please Click:

INTRODUCTION TO THE WILDERNESS
By Ed Bearss