Walmart is planning on building a 141,000 sq. ft. Superstore next to the Wilderness and Chancellorsville Battlefields. Do you want to see the historical significance of both of these battlefields marred forever by more pavement, more traffic and more development that a Walmart Supercenter will bring in its wake?
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Proposed Walmart Location
Map: See where Walmart wants to build their store.
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Video
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Grant and Lee on Walmart
The Wilderness at a Glance
Campaign:
Grant's Overland Campaign (May-June 1864)
Location:
Spotsylvania County, Virginia
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Date(s): May 5-7, 1864
Principal Commanders:
Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Maj. Gen. George G. Meade [US]; Gen. Robert E. Lee [CS]
Forces Engaged:
162,920 total (US 101,895; CS 61,025)
Estimated Casualties:
29,800 total (US 18,400; CS 11,400)
Result(s): Inconclusive (Grant continued his offensive). Read a brief description of the battle
Source: CWSAC, CWPT
Updates:
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In the News
- Richard Moe, President of the National Trust for Historic Preservation on the Wilderness Wal-mart (Orange County Review)
- Urban sprawl, history collide again over Civil War battlefield (Charleston Gazette)
- History Buffs Rise Against Walmart (Washington Post)
- Outlet eyed near Civil War battlefield: Historians up in arms (Washington Times)
- Historians attack Wilderness Wal-Mart (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star)
- Opponents: Supercenter in wrong place (Fredericksburg.com)
- Orange wants 3-D look at impact of proposed Wal-Mart (Fredericksburg.com)
- NRDC: Saving history from sprawl: threats to Civil War battlefields
- Wal-Mart Sets Sights on Civil War Battlefield
- Battle Brewing Over Wal-Mart (Fredericksburg.com)
- General Grant and General Lee Join Sides in New Wal-Mart Watch Video
- Wal-Mart officials meet in Orange (The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va.)
- History Coalition Fights to Stop Wal-Mart Adjacent to Civil War Battlefield
- Worse than Yankees — Here we go again: Saving The Wilderness from Wal-Mart
(The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va.) - Groups want to sidetrack Orange project
(The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va.) - Wal Mart's War on America
(The Huffington Post) - Ellwood named favorite Virginia Civil War site (Culpeper Star Exponent)
- CWPT Leads Effort to Stop Wal-Mart at The Wilderness (Civil War News)
Resources and History
Battle of the Wilderness:
Historical Resources
- National Park Service: Battle of the Wilderness
- Photos: The Wilderness
- Recommended Books: The Wilderness
- Battle of The Wilderness
(Military History Magazine) - General Lee in the Wilderness
- James Longstreet in the Wilderness
- The Wilderness: Union Order of Battle
- The Wilderness: Confederate Order of Battle
- Lee's Wilderness Reports
- Hancock's Wilderness Report
- Harper's Weekly Coverage of the Battle
of the Wilderness - Historical Markers in the Region
Stop Walmart Resources
- The fall issue of Piedmont Environmental Council's Orange Clarion newsletter, focusing on the proposed Walmart
- The Real Facts About Walmart
- Walmart: Building Where Its Not Wanted
- Walmart: Not Paying Its Fair Share of Taxes
- Walmart: Community Impacts
- An Online Guide to Fighting Walmart in your Community
- Recommended Reading: Books on Walmart