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The Chewning house stood on the ridge as an important landmark on the Wilderness Battlefield. Sixty-nine-year-old William V. Chewning made a living on this 150-acre farm during the war with the help of his wife Permelia and their two grown children. Union troops looted the farm in November 1863 but left the two-and-one-half-story frame house standing. Extensively remodeled after the war, the building was destroyed by fire in 1947. The farm's clearing later became known for its tactical importance and for occupation by both Union and Confederate armies during the Battle of the Wilderness.
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