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Kin key to why Wal-Mart needs other spot
Date published: 6/9/2009
I would like to offer one of the thousands of reasons why Wal-Mart and Orange County need to find a site that does not encroach on the Wilderness battlefield. The following is taken from the Richmond Daily Dispatch of June 14, 1864: "Conspicuous among the many who fell in the battle of the Wilderness will be found the name of Wm. R. Crafton, of Lunenburg County, Va. He was a member of Company I, 23d Va. regiment, and while gallantly charging the enemy's works he fell, shot in the neck, during the first day's fight, May the 5th, 1864. "At the commencement of this war, this young man was acting as section master on the Southside railroad he joined the regular army in March 1862, where he has been ever since, having had the pleasure of but 15 days absence. "Notwithstanding the hardships, he kept cheerful and buoyant, and up to the time of his demise was sanguine of success. Hear what his comrades say of him: 'He was a good man, a brave, and noble soldier; his virtues will ever be remembered and appreciated by those who knew him.' "As a son, he was dutiful; a kind and loving brother, and a warm friend to the cause of his country. He left an aged, widowed mother, several brothers and sisters, and a large circle of relatives and friends, with whom the writer of this notice deeply sympathizes." The foregoing was almost certainly written by a reporter who interviewed William's brother, Cornelius. Both men were corporals in the 23rd Regiment at the time of the Battle of the Wilderness. Cornelius lived to tell about it; William did not. I'm not asking Orange County to give up the tax revenues, jobs, and perceived convenience that a new Wal-Mart might bring. I'm not asking Wal-Mart to forgo its expansion plans. What I am asking is that the county and the company find an alternative site that doesn't degrade the grounds that memorialize members of my family and those of the many others who fought and died in the Wilderness. Ray Crafton Spotsylvania
Date published: 6/9/2009
Find us another site
(posted by
wideopenspace
, June 9, 2009 6:45 pm)
Along Rt. 3 that will fit what Wal-Mart needs in acreage, that is already zoned commercial and is currently for sale. If you can magically come up with something within the boundaries of OC then please forward it to the BOS. Wilderness is exactly right, either a house in LOW, Fawn Lake or Lake Wilderness is already sitting on sacred land. Why don't you go ask them to stop building houses and move elsewhere?
Too late
(posted by
Wilderness
, June 9, 2009 2:49 pm)
In all probability your ancestor died on land that is already occupied by a house in Lake of the Woods. So not desecrating the land he died on is an effort about 50 years too late! 23rd Virginia was 2nd Corps, Johnson's Division. Their battle line on the 5th of may ran from Wilderness Run west to Flat Run, the Confederate left flank. Your wanting to honor your ancestor is well placed, but your geography is not. About the only thing near the Walmart site was grant's headquarters.
YOU WANT WALMART
(posted by
SoulGlo
, June 9, 2009 2:34 pm)
Don't say 'we' because you don't speak for all of Orange County.
WE WANT WALMART
(posted by
wc2
, June 9, 2009 10:45 am)
It will not be on wilderness land. It will bring more people
to the wilderness. HOW MUCH LAND OUTSIDE OF THE
WILDERNESS MUST WE PRESERVE?
Fortunately for you the battlefield
(posted by
RUserious
, June 9, 2009 7:39 am)
is already preserved and we already are respecting and memorializing the sacred grounds of the Wilderness battle.Unfortunately it seem that as far as preservation enthusiasts go it's never enough. The land in question has other development already in place that is closer to the preserved land than the proposed Wal-Mart. I guess we should also bulldoze the McDonalds, Sheetz, 7-11, 2 strip malls and a Wachovia bank. When is enough , enough?
ENOUGH!
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