A brown sign directing to a path leading to a red house.

Ellwood Walking Tour

Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park

  • 30 - 60 minutes
  • 5 tour stops

Welcome to Ellwood! Explore the history of these grounds from the land's inhabitation by the Manahoac people to its transformation into a slave plantation. Discover how Ellwood went from being a place over which Civil War soldiers fought and died to a site that preserves the memory of past conflicts. What does this landscape teach us today? What stories are hidden from view?

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