I recently received my Winter 2006 edition of Hallowed Ground from the Civil War Preservation Trust.  The recent CWPT preservation victories since July, 2006 include:

• Bentonville, NC - 34.3 acres in September.  In July, the CWPT acquired 81.5 acres.  This brings a total to over 900 acres saved with the CWPT preserving 600+ of those.
• Wilson's Creek, MO - 70 acre easement purchased in September.
• Perryville, KY - 54 acres purchased in September adding to the already 235 acre of the State Park.
• Fussell's Mill, VA (Second Deep Bottom) - 6.35 acres in September, which is the first land preserved at the battlefield.
• Frayser's Farm/Glendale, VA - 39.53 acres.  The final $172,000 payment was made on October 31st.

Upcoming preservation projects include:

• Perryville, KY - 94 acres
• Richmond, KY - 300 acres

Also, as an update to the Slaughter Pen Farm at Fredericksburg, VA, the CWPT has now secured funding for $7M of the $12M purchase price.  They have 5 years to pay off the $5M balance.

As always you can join the CWPT and its preservation efforts.  See Get Involved on the CWPT's website.