The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-12
Local Association Confers WIlh, Commit
tee Of the Grand Army Of Tho Republic d
Entire Tract Contains $500 5.AarSesstS.S
Works In Fair ssaao OF PEeaeESas:,
tion-Points OF Interest lah No sIo-,5S
e"icd-The u atsor to 30 F'resan iedss ],
TO Congress for on-aIaps Prssstss9i
pared Showing tho GTound anaA
Important Movements
Washington, Jan. ii. i1S9S.s

Washington, Jan. II 1893 ss5sss gsss
subcommittee Of the Battlefe eldsg
Park Commission Of Fredaricks burg
va consisting OF Judge james B.s sse53s
ncr. chairman; Mr.. James Ps Gorbifi,
secretary; Colonel OF. B. Rove. f ofS
Governor Tyler's staff; the ION. .5J |. 81
Hotter' ana Major 7. Z. Morris, met
to-day at the Riggs House IN 5confer4s
ence with the committee appointed byla
the Grand Army of the Republic att
the encampment ait Buffalo last Au:-S A,l:
gust, consisting of General Edgar NJ
Ian, Of Richmond Colonel DAME v w /
Grosvenor and P. 3. Ayers. + OF wiz
mington, Del, adjutant OF the depart
lnent Of Delaware. and General ~ !. i;
>. Gobin, commander in chief OF khe%
Grand Army Of the Republic, in regard
to the preservation OF ithe lattlef aIds X
of Fredericksburg, ChancellorsVllessj3 NJ
The Wilderness and spottsylVania Court
ldouse, Into one park. n 81 !y
The Fredericksburg sub comm itt tes$
drought with them the surveys OF ne I
proposed lnes to be laid out and marks6
ed. 1t seems that the entire acreage or
these surveys Is only about {, 1000 acresig
Just about the amount Of THE ACREAGE Z
now embraced In the CfIckamali{ryaIs
Park. Although this acreage erribra ces,S &
the four greattst battleffelds of Il the Il
war, most Of the lines are In ,the fcouns
ty of Spottsylvapin, including FRED
erlcksDurg. It also includes a part or &
Orange and the Stafford q \ Heights. B
which were crowned with the Ted deftliS
artillery during the Fredericksb burg
Dprnn1 rJNt,
necessary to be laid out and irnproYed$
are said to be not more than the roads L
embraced In the ChickamaugaEAPark AZ
and probably not over fifty miles einss3
all. FysS4 5E3f2s ri
That these fields were the graatestBofS
the civil war are shown by the facts
chat the Federal cemetery at:EFrede eI..5
icksburg Is the largest except that ats
Arlington, whilst the Confederat tes have
also very large one nearby. fTheS
commission now conducting this r1la,ttsr,sSt
at Fredericksburg was organized BY az
ntass-meeting called at Frederick sburgJ {
In April. 1896. by the City Council FOR
the town, and was participated Sin byrss..
citizens of Fredericksburg, Orange end
Spottsylvania counties What lIttie&
money Is being used was furnished by
Fredericksburg and the counties nainedS
and no one connected with 1t recaiVess
any salary. The commission Is q aboa1
to become Incorporated by the IegfsIa-S
ture OF Virginia under the name s Dc
The Fredericksburg and Adjacent Bat
tefieds Park Associate ION, =, ~ with Sd ii
View of presenting the m atterj DO Con oo1ii ~
gress for Its favorable action /; EyervS
step in the matter 80 far has been close-g
ly following the precedent of the Chick IS
amauga incorporation. Many distirsa
guished soldiers on both sides are lend 81
ing their aid to the enterprise Tha
Committee on Sites and SLocat ion 4 AZ =
the National Battlet1eads Park Comm s,.s s.
sion Of Fredericksburg made a. reoprfs
Upon what points and lines siioIld isf}a
designated. and exhibited maps sfl oWs-S 49,
ing their details. g ~ "a SaFs ss
The Hamilton's Crossing, Map II, .SS
cludes the works on the + hill .oc corr, faf,$
by Walkers Artillery aaaa /. the Woodasss
along the railway bank where asa
Division broke through Jackson,s ,s fines 1
and where General Gregg, Of IIiJI, 4 and
killed. M 4 4 q
The Saloon Church Map covers tfSsS
ground where sedgewlcls attacked Mo-
Lows, Wilcox and h5ahone es
The Chancellorsville Map inciti dss
the ground around the NJ Chansal Ioras
Vile house. the Fatrylew pla In. SyJj ga
the Federal artillery checke6 e6ss acR 5
SOl b aupdHCeI a anu Lf1e tttaHeESSS
field, the two pine trees un der5sW rfftf
Lee and Jackson held their last irifar
view and planned Jackson, ,s grea fSS
movement against IS fiooker 81 Il. ss,iS III
wing; also the oak tree rii der 9yf II M 4
was Lees headquartersSat the haff fIes
also the Jackson monumen / and IN Hs S3sss
Berry was killed. M
The Wilderness Map ir,clna aes Ssss,
ground along and ;north 5oS n III 81 81 Il ss
fought on by Dwel and ttfie Isf iii IS ffsig5
Sixth Corps. NJ Also tha Il sbetW,een 81
pike and the Orang rinrl X i roS dsS yssisnsS
the Fifth Corps on id svor Ii f:iis
the; Ninth Corps Ssfoug mt NJ ii isiS9ss
worth and Hayes 81 isSR
aneoeak ins ebehk
was killed and es ss IA & n8 :ss1s
aud WHARF fss g ffa
upon IA anapek
gEssani ai,f
oaslau,ss Il 4;