- Joined
- Jun 2, 2013
- Location
- Columbus, OH
Battlefield preservation warriors, it's time to circle the wagons once more...
Thanks to years and years of hard work and perseverance, another 244 acres of the Brandy Station battlefield are available to be saved. One is a 70 acre parcel at the northern crest of Fleetwood Hill, which saw the day's final heavy fighting, wherein John Buford correctly claimed that his troopers gained the crest of Fleetwood Hill, overlooking Brandy Station. This is a preservation easement for critical core battlefield land.
The second parcel of 174 acres is also core battlefield land--Col. Matthew C. Butler's 2nd South Carolina Cavalry held and was eventually driven from this ground, which also served as major Union campsites during the winter encampment of 1863-1864. This is also beautiful, pristine battlefield land, and the Trust will be purchasing it.
I know that I have called on you in the past, but I've always said that there was plenty of work remaining to be completed at Brandy Station, and this is proof positive. If you have some extra cash, please help out and please help continue to preserve our most important Civil War cavalry battlefield. Thank you.
And an extra special thank you to my friend Clark Hall for his many years of unsung work that led to these opportunities. Bud is, of course, far too modest to claim credit, but the truth is that his hard work and the relationships he has cultivated for decades have made all of this possible. Thank you, Bud.
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefield...email&utm_medium=email_ask&utm_campaign=31617
Thanks to years and years of hard work and perseverance, another 244 acres of the Brandy Station battlefield are available to be saved. One is a 70 acre parcel at the northern crest of Fleetwood Hill, which saw the day's final heavy fighting, wherein John Buford correctly claimed that his troopers gained the crest of Fleetwood Hill, overlooking Brandy Station. This is a preservation easement for critical core battlefield land.
The second parcel of 174 acres is also core battlefield land--Col. Matthew C. Butler's 2nd South Carolina Cavalry held and was eventually driven from this ground, which also served as major Union campsites during the winter encampment of 1863-1864. This is also beautiful, pristine battlefield land, and the Trust will be purchasing it.
I know that I have called on you in the past, but I've always said that there was plenty of work remaining to be completed at Brandy Station, and this is proof positive. If you have some extra cash, please help out and please help continue to preserve our most important Civil War cavalry battlefield. Thank you.
And an extra special thank you to my friend Clark Hall for his many years of unsung work that led to these opportunities. Bud is, of course, far too modest to claim credit, but the truth is that his hard work and the relationships he has cultivated for decades have made all of this possible. Thank you, Bud.
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefield...email&utm_medium=email_ask&utm_campaign=31617