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BREAKING NEWS: The Civil War Trust Introduces the American Battlefield Trust
Our good friends at The Civil War Trust announced this morning a new identity to better reflect its expanding mission: The American Battlefield Trust. The new umbrella organization will encompass the organization’s efforts to save battlefields from the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and the Civil War. “The Civil War Trust isn’t going away,” […]
Read more...Victory for Virginia Preservation Organizations and Civil War Trust
VIRGINIA PRESERVATION ORGANIZATIONS AND CIVIL WAR TRUST SAVE UNIQUE CIVIL WAR SITE IN CULPEPER COUNTY Foundation, state agency and national nonprofit work together to protect Hansbrough’s Ridge, an unparalleled historic and natural treasure in Virginia’s picturesque Piedmont region (Brandy Station, Va.) – The Virginia Outdoors Foundation (VOF) and the Virginia Department of Historic Resources join […]
Read more...Ironclad Superweapons of the Civil War: USS Monitor and CSS Virginia
The clash of the ironclads USS Monitor and CSS Virginia in Hampton Roads on March 9, 1862 is considered a revolutionary event in naval warfare, but neither vessel quite lived up to the ambitious expectations of its sponsors. On a hot August day in 1861, the new Secretary of the United States Navy, Gideon Welles, met […]
Read more...The Homestead Act, Early Republicans, and the Coming of the Civil War
Nearly everyone knows that the Emancipation Proclamation became effective on January 1, 1863. This document formally established abolition of slavery as one of the Union’s goals in fighting and winning the Civil War and enabled the North to recruit African American men to fight as Union soldiers and sailors. Before signing it, President Abraham Lincoln […]
Read more...War Comes to St. George’s (part one)
(part one of a series) Last August, I had the honor of giving a lecture at my church, St. George’s Episcopal Church, about its history during the Civil War. Several living historians, members of Women of the Civil War, the Spotsylvania Civilians, and the 23rd USCT, were in the audience of more than 175 people. […]
Read more...A Poet’s Perspective: Herman Melville and the Civil War
It was November of 1860, and America had a new president. He was highly popular among the northern states, but he was widely disliked in the South. At the same time you have Herman Melville, famous for his 1851 novel Moby-Dick, just returned to New York City after a cruise in the Pacific. It was […]
Read more...Civil War Trust Honors Preservationists
Several weeks ago, the Civil War Trust presented several awards in the field of preservation to groups and individuals that have gone above and beyond to save our nation’s history. Those awarded come from all walks of life and groups both big and small. From lawmakers, commissioners, friends groups, and others, it takes all of […]
Read more...On the March with the Civil War Trust
The Civil War Trust has been very busy as of late, marching forward on all fronts of preservation. Just several weeks ago, the Trust, along with many other preservation organizations in the Shenandoah Valley took a moment to reflect on the preservation successes at the battlefield of First Kernstown. If have not had a moment […]
Read more...Civil War Trust Leads Effort To Preserve Battlefield Land in 2016
Get updated on 2016’s preservation successes with the latest year-in-review from the Civil War Trust.
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