Preservation

Notable Preservation News for Week of June 10th
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. … Only now, seven years after the purchase [...]

General John Logan Proclaims Memorial Day
Memorial Day was officially proclaimed on May 5th, 1868 by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in his General Order No. 11, and was first observed on May 30, 1868. General Orders No.11, WASHINGTON, D.C., May 5, 1868 The 30th day of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing [...]

2007 Top 10 Endangered Battlefields Map
To "finish" out my posts on the Civil War Preservation Trust's 2007 Top 10 Endangered Battlefields, below is pictorial of where these "at risk" battlefields fall.

Additional Civil War Preservation Trust 2007 At Risk Sites
Accompanying today's release of the 2007 Top 10 Endangered Battlefields Report (see: Civil War Preservation Trust Releases 2007 Endangered Battlefields Report), the CWPT identified 15 additional at risk sites. Civil War Preservation Trust At Risk Sites These fifteen additional sites round out our ranking [...]
Civil War Preservation Trust Releases 2007 Endangered Battlefields Report
CIVIL WAR PRESERVATION TRUST UNVEILS REPORT ON MOST ENDANGERED BATTLEFIELDS Former [...]

Efforts To Preserve Carthage, MO Battlefield Falls Short Of Money
Group ends efforts to buy Civil War battlefield (sotheast Missourian) CARTHAGE, Mo. — A group that wanted to buy the land on which the Battle of Carthage was fought was not able to raise enough money and has abandoned the effort. More than a year ago, an organization called the Battle of Carthage Inc. proposed a plan [...]

Civil War Preservation Trust To Reveal Nation's Most Endangered Battlefields
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ — The Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT) will release an investigative report on the status of the nation's battlefields at a news conference on Tuesday, March 13, 2007. The report, entitled History Under Siege: America's Endangered Civil War Battlefields, will identify the ten most threatened Civil War sites in the country [...]

Beauvoir Restoration Could Begin In 30 Days
I haven't heard much about Beauvoir in a while. It looks like restoration work could begin in 30 days. Beauvoir restoration set to begin soon (Biloxi Sun Herald) Restoration of Beauvoir, the National Historic Landmark that was the retirement estate of Jefferson Davis, will begin within a month. If Richard Forte Sr. and other overseers of the [...]

Civil War Preservation Trust Preserves 1,300 Acres in 2006
CIVIL WAR PRESERVATION TRUST RESCUES 1,300 ACRES OF HALLOWED GROUND IN 2006

Rescue of the Slaughter Pen Farm and First Day at Chancellorsville Battlefield top the list of CWPT accomplishments in 2006 (Washington, D.C) - The Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT), the nation’s largest nonprofit battlefield preservation group, announced today its land preservation accomplishments for 2006. The [...]

Restoring the Big Blue Battlefield in Missouri
Plan seeks to restore Civil War battlefield (Kansas City Star) The significance of the real estate near 63rd Street and Manchester Trafficway goes beyond the handful of light industrial buildings that sit on it. Few motorists who zip by are aware they are passing Bloody Hill, the site of a pivotal Civil War battle. But a group of [...]
No Highway Through Wilderness Battlefield!
As a follow up to last week's post about a possible 4-lane highway through the Wilderness Battlefield, the board voted and abandoned the idea. Score another victory for battlefield preservation! No 4-lane in Orange battlefield (The Free Lance-Star) Orange County supervisors have let go of the idea of a four-lane road through the Wilderness battlefield. "It's time [...]

Highway Through Wilderness Battlefield?
Why have national parks, if we can run highways through them? Hopefully the board will think better of this proposal. Road To Bisect Wilderness Battlefield? (Preservation Online) A four-lane highway through a Civil War battlefield and national park? It sounds impossible, but next week Orange County's board of supervisors will consider a new road through Wilderness National [...]

Jonesboro Civil War Hospital To Be Restored
Civil War hospital to be restored (Henry Daily Herald) Historical Jonesboro is in the second phase of saving the Gayden-Sims house on Church Street in Jonesboro. The organization wants to preserve the house which served as a field hospital during the Battle of Jonesborough and turn it into a museum of Civil War-era medical practice. The house [...]
Brandy Station Graffiti House Deteriorating
Let's hope that something can be done to preserve this civil War landmark. Gradual deterioration is destroying Graffiti House inscriptions According to the Brandy Station Foundation, the non-profit organization that protects the Brandy Station area of Culpeper County, the Graffiti House is slowly crumbling to the ground. The two-story house, located six miles north of Culpeper, was built [...]
Group Works to Save House at Falling Waters Battlefield
Porterfield House up for grabs (Martinsburg Journal) The Falling Waters Battlefield Association isn’t giving up its fight to purchase the 240-year-old Crockett-Porterfield House, which served as the site of one of the first Civil War battles in the Shenandoah Valley. For months, the group has been trying to find a way to buy the 14-acre property, which [...]

Preservation of Petersburg Flank and Defense Roads
A online petition is going around to preserve the Flank and Defense roads at Petersburg, VA from future development. To: Local Congress, Secretary of the Interior, National Park Service, Zoning Commission, Petersburg City Council Flank and Defense Roads - On 29 January 1973, Chester L. Brooks, Director of the Northeast Region National Park Service, deeded 257.53 [...]

Hunterstown Battlefield Is Yet Another Threatened Battlefield
So can or will the Civil War Preservation Trust help preserve the Hunterstown battlefield? Development still threatens battlefield (Evening Sun) The CWPT is reportedly interested in helping to save Hunterstown, the village north of Gettysburg near the site of a ferocious cavalry battle July 2, 1863, the second day of the three-day battle. Hunterstown activists say they've been [...]

Final CWPT Preservation Effort of 2006
I received my last mailing of the year from the Civil War Preservation Trust working to preserve 3 properties. The 3 properties only amount to 23 acres, but the significance of 2 of the properties is 2,250 feet of well-preserved Confederate earthworks. The 3 properties in question are: White Oak Road Battlefield, VA - 1,500 of [...]
CWPT Preservation Efforts Since July, 2006
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, [...]

Slots Parlor at Gettysburg…Rejected!!!!
This is a huge win. I am so glad that the Pennsylvania Gamin Board got this right.

GAMING CONTROL BOARD REJECTS SLOTS PARLOR NEAR HISTORIC GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD After 20 months of debate, the Control Board concludes that Gettysburg and gambling don’t mix. (Harrisburg, Pa., 12/20/2006) – During a public hearing today, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control [...]