Ellwood Manor (Wilderness, Virginia)

XashbugX sends a note about this site: “A slightly morbid site awaits you in Wilderness, Virginia, if you ever get down there on a weekend. What horrors await if you trespass on a weekday, I’m not sure, but the Lacy House (private property) is the home of the grave made for Stonewall Jackson’s arm. Seems that after the amputation, he recovered and was moved to another city (I think Chancellorsville), but his arm remained in Wilderness, where it was buried by the surgeon who removed it. Jackson died eight days later and was buried in Fredericksburg, I believe. I wasn’t so interested in his body’s grave as I was in that of his arm! We found the little turnoff to the Lacy House, but there was a wire across the gate to the farm, and the sign said “authorized vehicles only.” We didn’t cross the gate, but a few brave tourists DID, and I only hope they didn’t meet the fate that trespassers in those parts usually do: the property owner’s rifle.”

The national park service website does provide information on how to get permission to visit the site, thankfully.