CWSG Honors Wilderness Battle Fallen with Annual Wreath-laying Ceremony

On May 5, 2013, the Civil War Study Group held a ceremony to remember those from both North and South who were killed or missing in action on the Orange County portion of the Wilderness battlefield 150 years ago. A wreath was placed at the battlefield monument on Saunders Field near the intersection of Constitution Highway (the old Orange Turnpike) and Hill-Ewell Road.

CWSGI Chairman Pete Rainey (right) led the ceremony, assisted by Bill Wilson and Weston Thomas, grandson of Bob Johnson, who was in uniform for the event. The memorial was concluded with a cannon salute by Andy Jackson.