State plans Civil War trails (Albany Herald On-line, GA)

[Georgia] bought more than 500 acres near Interstate 75 in Northwest Georgia in 2000 with plans to develop the site into a park commemorating the Battle of Resaca, the opening engagement of Union General William T. Sherman’s Atlanta campaign in 1864.
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Only now, seven years after the purchase of Resaca, are Georgia lawmakers hoping to get the money flowing again. The 2008 budget adopted by the General Assembly last month includes $700,000 to begin developing Civil War trails and help state tourism officials start preparing for the upcoming 150th anniversary of the conflict.

Couple Raises Money to Preserve Civil War Spy's Estate (Preservation Online)

The suburban sprawl of Northern Virginia has swallowed up many historic houses in the last 20 years, but Dave and Win Meiselman aren't about let Merrybrook, their antebellum estate that once housed Civil War spy Laura Ratcliffe, become a strip mall.

Preservation Group Seeks To Shield East Coast Land (Washington Post)

The National Trust for Historic Preservation plans to declare a large swath of the East Coast's most historic land as among the most imperiled in the country because it could one day be crisscrossed by high-voltage power lines.

The area, which spans seven states, including Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia, will be on the group's list of the nation's 11 most endangered historical sites. This is the Washington-based group's 20th annual list, and it will be unveiled officially at the National Press Club this morning.

Battlefield park eyes 300 acres in Henrico (Richmond Times Dispatch, VA)

Richmond National Battlefield Park appears headed toward acquiring more than 300 historic acres in eastern Henrico County.

The Civil War Preservation Trust has bought the land at Glendale/Frayser's Farm battlefield at a price of about $4 million, Park Superintendent Cynthia MacLeod said yesterday. Park officials have made a proposal to Washington for acquiring that land, she said.

City panel recommends keeping cannons in Racine (Journal Times, WI)

The cannons that for at least 117 years complemented the soldier's monument at Monument Square might currently be out of sight, but they're not out of the minds of some Racine residents.

Responding to history and veterans' groups and calls of concern from members of the general public, the City Council's Finance and Personnel Committee voted unanimously Monday to recommend the council not authorize loaning the cannons to the city of Kenosha.

Kenosha officials had approached Racine about the possibility of displaying the cannons at the Civil War Museum of the Upper Midwest, now under construction on Kenosha's lakefront and expected to open next year.