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Development Eyed for Chancellorsville Battlefield

NPR

By Brian Naylor

Published December 22, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

The Civil War battleground at Chancellorsville, Va., is targeted for a development of 2,000 homes and a variety of businesses. Preservation groups are vowing to fight development of the site where Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson was mortally wounded in May 1863. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.

Copyright 2002 NPR

Brian Naylor

NPR News' Brian Naylor is a correspondent on the Washington Desk. In this role, he covers politics and federal agencies.

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