Residents can contest at trial Orange County's approval of a Walmart store near the site where troops led by Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant first engaged in battle 146 years ago.

A hearing in August will focus on two issues: a statute-of-limitation claim made by the county involving Orange zoning laws, and whether certain documents sought by the plaintiffs are off-limits based on attorney-client privilege.

More than 250 historians, Civil War preservationists and celebrities have taken a stand against the store.

Read more from the Associated Press....