Friends of Wilderness Battlefield will help the National Park Service celebrate the 83rd birthday of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park on Feb.13 with special tours of Ellwood Manor. Read more.

The Friends of Wilderness Battlefield (FoWB) and the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park (FRSP) will conduct training sessions for individuals interested in being interpreters of  history at Ellwood Manor, located in the Wilderness Battlefield.  Read more.

Thanks to the outpouring of support from literally hundreds of people dedicated to preservation, FoWB, in concert with the National Park Service, has successfully completed Phases I and II of an ambitious restoration plan for Ellwood Manor, built circa 1790. Phase III includes the stabilization and restoration of the four second-floor bedrooms. Will it happen?  Read more.

Since the summer of 2008, FoWB has been an integral component of a cadre of preservation groups representing thousands of American citizens, locally and across the nation, opposing a dire threat to the Wilderness Battlefield. A permit to construct a 140,000 square foot super center within the historical boundaries of the Wilderness Battlefield has been granted by the Orange County Board of Supervisors. The commercial invasion is perpetrated by the massive Walmart Corporation.  Read more.