Stop 3 – Saunders Field

Battle of the Wilderness • Tour the Battlefield • Monuments & Markers • The Armies

Tour Stop 3 on the Wildeness Battleifled Auto TourSaunders Field is Stop 3 of the Wilderness Battlefield Auto Tour, on Hill-Ewell Drive on the south edge of Saunders Field. The Drive parallels the remnants of Confederate earthworks.

Sign for Saunders Field, Stop 3 on the Civil War Battle of the Wilderness Auto Tour

The Tour Stop has two pull-offs. The monument and compass are on the north side just past the beginning of Hill-Ewell Drive:

Battle of the Wilderness monument
Battle of the WIlderness compass

About 200 yards to the southeast along Hill-Ewell Drive is a second pull-off at the path to the two wayside markers:

The Confederate Line and A Wild, Wicked Roar wayside markers

Stop 3 on the Wilderness Battlefield Auto TourMap and directions to Stop 3

Tour Stop 3 is on Hill-Ewell Drive just south of Virginia Route 20. (38°18’57.9″N 77°45’33.7″W)

Tour Stop 4 on the Wildeness Battleifled Auto TourDirections to the next stop, Stop Four, Higgerson Farm, on the Auto Tour:
Continue south on Hill-Ewell Drive. Stop Four is about 0.8 mile on the the south side.