ABT Saves Parcels at 4 Battlefields

[Belfoured]

Just got an email stating that the ABT has successfully added tracts at Shiloh, Glendale, Fredericksburg, and South Mountain. Even with all the COVID-19 problems these folks continue to get it done.

 

[lupaglupa]

Great news!

 

[Paul Yancey]

These people do great work. I am proud to be a member.

 

[Belfoured]

These people do great work. I am proud to be a member.

I am, as well. Speaking as somebody with an inordinate interest in the Peninsula Campaign, I think that the work they've done on the Seven Days is amazing. It all could easily have gone the way of Seven Pines and Savage Station but instead we have significant parts of Gaines' Mill, Glendale, and Malvern Hill saved. Glendale in particular is snatching victory from the jaws of defeat. And let's keep in mind the landowners who in many cases resisted greed in favor of preservation.

 

[Jamieva]

Saved: Four 1862 Battlefields

101 acres of 1862 Civil War History are now saved, thanks to the efforts of our donors, state grants, and generous landowner donations. These 5 tracts...

www.battlefields.org

I am, as well. Speaking as somebody with an inordinate interest in the Peninsula Campaign, I think that the work they've done on the Seven Days is amazing. It all could easily have gone the way of Seven Pines and Savage Station but instead we have significant parts of Gaines' Mill, Glendale, and Malvern Hill saved. Glendale in particular is snatching victory from the jaws of defeat. And let's keep in mind the landowners who in many cases resisted greed in favor of preservation.

Look at the Glendale map the ABT did. In 1987 there was not one acre preserved. They now have almost all of the major portions of the battlefield preserved. I cannot wait until they get the trails opened up with markers.

Glendale | Then and Now

This downloadable map of the June 30, 1862 Battle of Glendale shows the progress the American Battlefield Trust has made in preserving this important battle of the Seven Days' battles before Richmond, Virginia.

www.battlefields.org