Park service awards $613K to protect Summit Point land

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Park service awards $613K to protect Summit Point land
Tim Shea
Feb 4, 2019

SUMMIT POINT, W.Va. — The National Park Service recently awarded a $613,930 grant from the American Battlefield Protection Program to help acquire 280 acres of Summit Point Battlefield, a significant Civil War site.

The Battle of Summit Point occurred Aug. 21, 1864, between Union forces under Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan and Confederate forces under Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early and Maj. Gen. Richard Anderson.


Full article can be found here - https://www.heraldmailmedia.com/new...cle_31b883a5-71c3-539d-a004-938fcfbc00a2.html

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