Battle of the Wilderness • Tour the Battlefield • Monuments & Markers • The Armies
Ellwood was the home of the Lacy Family during the Civil War. During the Battle of the WIlderness in May of 1864 it served as headquarters of the Union Fifth Corps and afterwards as a hospital for thousands of wounded men of both sides.
Ellwood also played a part in the 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville, fought just to the east. After Confederate Lieutenant General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson’s arm was amputated at a military hospital less than a mile to the north on the Plank Road, Jackson’s chaplain brought the arm to Ellwood and buried it in the Lacy family plot, where its monument can be seen today.
Four wayside markers are on the grounds around the house at Ellwood:
Archaeology at Ellwood
Ellwood
A Military Scene and Union Headquarters
Stonewall Jackson’s Arm
Ellwood’s family cemetery is the last resting place of Confederate Lieutenant General Thomas ‘Stonewall’ Jackson’s arm. It had been amputated at a Confederate field hospital a short distance away on the Plank Road after Jackson had been accidentally wounded by his own troops in the battle of Chancellorsville. While Jackson was taken 27 miles down the road to Guinea Station, where he would die on May 10, 1862, Jackson’s arm was brought here by his chaplain, the Reverend B. Tucker Lacy, whose brother owned Elwood, to be buried in hallowed ground.
The cemetery is about 180 yards south of the main house. Follow the signs south through the garden.
Ahead you will see a small grove of trees and a small fenced area with a monument and wayside marker:
Arm of Stonewall Jackson Monument
“Stonewall” Jackson’s Arm wayside marker
Map and directions to Ellwood
The driveway to Ellwood is on the south side of Route 20 about 0.25 mile west of Tour Stop One and 0.6 mile southwest of Plank Road, Virginia Route 3. The driveway is about 0.4 mile and leads to a parking area behind the house. (38°19’10.1″N 77°43’56.6″W)