Academy Award-winning actor Robert Duvall has added his voice in opposition to a proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter near a Virginia Civil War battlefield where Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee first met the Union's Ulysses S. Grant.

At a news conference in Locust Grove on Monday, the descendant of Lee said he will help preservationists in "chasing out" the retailer from a site near the Wilderness Battlefield.

Duvall said he has no grudge against Wal-Mart but believes in capitalism coupled with sensitivity.

Duvall was joined by Congressmen Peter Welch of Vermont and Ted Poe of Texas, representing states that lost many lives at the Wilderness battle 145 years ago.

The Wal-Mart proposal must first be approved by Orange County supervisors.