More battlefield acreage saved

[Glorybound]

Posted at 06:17 PM ET, 01/05/2012
Civil War Trust adds 2,000 acres

By Linda Wheeler
The country's largest battlefield preservation organization, the Civil War Trust, added 2,042 acres last year to its impressive record of protected land, according to the trust. The battlefields where land was preserved in 2011, during the first year of the sesquicentennial, include Gettysburg, Petersburg and Manassas as well as less known places such as Day's Gap, Ala. , Natural Bridge, Fla. and Wood Lake, Minn.

The new acquisitions bring the tally of protected battlefield land to more than 32,000 acres for the non-profit headquartered in Washington, DC with a membership of 55,000.

According to the trust, the additional acres were saved through 39 separate transactions at 25 battlefields in 12 states using a combination of matching grants, assistance from other preservation groups and money raised for the purchase.



By Linda Wheeler | 06:17 PM ET, 01/05/2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...res/2012/01/05/gIQAubpWdP_blog.html#pagebreak

 

[Union_Buff]

This is great news and hopefully Civil War Trust can keep preserving Civil War battlefields far into the future

 

[Greg Taylor]

God bless the Civil War Trust!

 

[Robtweb1]

Amen. Brings to mind that there used to be a fort on a hill overlooking my hometown (Grand Junction, TN). Now it's gone, sometime since I finshed school. Nobody cared.

 

[Jamieva]

http://hnn.us/articles/federal-funds-add-300-acres-richmond-battlefield-park

 

[BillO]

I grew up around there and am surprised to learn that there is a park at Glendale. I thought there were just some roadside markers.

 

[CWBuff26]

That is awesome

 

[kholland]

They are doing a great job at the Civil War Trust as it is getting tougher and tougher to save land from development. As Scarlet O'Hara's father said in "Gone With The Wind", "Why, land is the only thing in the world worth workin' for, worth fightin' for, worth dyin' for, because it's the only thing that lasts."

I just got an email update from the Trust that they are donating 15 acres to Fort Donelsen National Battlefield. They announced this today at the 150th anniversary.