Battle of the Wilderness • Tour the Battlefield • Monuments & Markers • The Armies
The marker is at Ellwood, the Lacy family home near Tour Stop One. The marker is behind the house, on the left as you reach the house from the parking area.
From the marker:
Archeology at Ellwood
The National Park Service acquired Ellwood in 1977. Since then, archeologists have conducted three studies of the site: test excavations around the base of the house (1978) and in the cellar (1979), and a geophysical survey of the grounds (1984). The excavations have identified the site of several structures and unearthed a wide variety of artifacts ranging from the 18th to the 20th century. The results of the geophysical survey suggest that there is much more to be found.
Many questions about Ellwood remain unanswered. Where were the slave cabins and other plantation dependencies? Did an earlier dwelling occupy the same site as the current structure? What was the extent of the garden? Future archeological digs may uncover the answers to these and other tantalizing questions.
Text from the caption to the drawing on the lower left:
Items like these, unearthed during archeological digs, provide important clues to Ellwood’s past.
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Picks and shovels mark the site of a 1985 archeological test pit.
The markers are on the southeast side of Ellwood (the opposite side to the parking area).
(go to the main Ellwood page)