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Who wants to do some weird exploring and see if we can find Stonewall Jackson's left arm?
Today four monuments or markers commemorate Stonewall Jackson’s fate. Two, a simple quartz boulder and a more elaborate granite column, mark the area on the Chancellorsville battlefield where Confederate musket fire struck and wounded the general. Another stands beside the small building where he died eight days later. The fourth, however, is possibly the most unusual, if not the oddest, memorial erected on any battlefield from the war.
In a small family cemetery on the Ellwood plantation, located on the eastern edge of Orange County, Va., stands a simple granite marker. It is the only marker in the cemetery, but it does not memorialize any of the family burials there. Carved into the face of the stone is “Arm of Stonewall Jackson, May 3, 1863.”
Early breakfast at St. Mary's landing (0800) then over to VA, Rt. 218 to Fredericksburg and Rt. 3 to the Chancellorsville battlefield, find a ranger and get directions to Jackson's left arm. The above is the most accurate directions I have been able to find so far. Count on U-turns and getting a little lost before the day is over. Group photo at a truly weird memorial and then avail ourselves of one of Fredericksburg's fine dining establishments.
Open to suggestions for the lunch destination in Fredericksburg
Today four monuments or markers commemorate Stonewall Jackson’s fate. Two, a simple quartz boulder and a more elaborate granite column, mark the area on the Chancellorsville battlefield where Confederate musket fire struck and wounded the general. Another stands beside the small building where he died eight days later. The fourth, however, is possibly the most unusual, if not the oddest, memorial erected on any battlefield from the war.
In a small family cemetery on the Ellwood plantation, located on the eastern edge of Orange County, Va., stands a simple granite marker. It is the only marker in the cemetery, but it does not memorialize any of the family burials there. Carved into the face of the stone is “Arm of Stonewall Jackson, May 3, 1863.”
Early breakfast at St. Mary's landing (0800) then over to VA, Rt. 218 to Fredericksburg and Rt. 3 to the Chancellorsville battlefield, find a ranger and get directions to Jackson's left arm. The above is the most accurate directions I have been able to find so far. Count on U-turns and getting a little lost before the day is over. Group photo at a truly weird memorial and then avail ourselves of one of Fredericksburg's fine dining establishments.
Open to suggestions for the lunch destination in Fredericksburg
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I thought you were going to try to dig it up if you found it 
Still...