INTO THE WILDERNESS
The Southern Guards' Wilderness National Battlefield Living History
May 4 - 6, 2007
Winslow Homer's Skirmish in the Wilderness
On May 5th to 6th, 2007, within the confines of the Wilderness Battlefield, part of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, living historians presented a snapshot of the average Federal soldier engaged in The Battle of Wilderness, May 5th and May 6th, 1864. Through the use of several programs and vignettes, located throughout the Wilderness Battlefield site, both the public and living history participant, gained an understanding of what soldiers from the North endured during this engagement. This weekend program began on Saturday morning, May 5th, and concluded on Sunday afternoon, May 6th. Ironically, this event was held on the EXACT dates of the original battle 143 years ago. This event was for one thing and one thing only: To honor those men, North and South, who fought at this engagement.
"Into the Wilderness" event web site
The
participants also visited the site of the recently placed Vermont Brigade
monument
On Sunday they toured the Saunders field which marked the ground where Lt. General Ulysses
S. Grant's Army collided with Lee's battle hardened veterans.
Permelia Higgerson who defended her garden against all odds and was right
in her prediction
The Lacy family cemetery