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Gettysburg National Military Park

Over the past two decades, The Conservation Fund has protected more than 500 acres at Gettysburg National Military Park. The park commemorates the Battle of Gettysburg, known as a turning point in the Civil War and, with 51,000 casualties, its bloodiest battle. More than 1.2 million people visit each year to learn about the three-day battle and President Lincoln's famous Gettysburg Address.

The battle that decided the direction of our nation's future took place on the first three days of July in 1863. On these three days, 75,000 men of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fought 95,000 men of Meade's Army of the Potomac across the rolling fields and hills of southern Pennsylvania. In the end, Lee's attempt for a decisive victory in the North failed.

The federal government established Gettysburg National Military Park in 1895, but efforts to preserve the battlefield began just one year after the battle. The Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association formed in 1864 and eventually transferred its land holdings to the federal government. But even today, not all of the significant lands have been preserved. For more than two decades, the Fund has worked with the National Park Service to expand the park.

The Fund's Recent Efforts

In 2011, the Fund helped the National Park Service acquire a 95-acre property, historically known as the Harman Farm, the site of significant fighting during the first day of the battle. The Union and Confederate regiments that fought here suffered the highest losses of the battle.

The protected land had been home to the Gettysburg Country Club, which had a nine-hole golf course, swimming pool and tennis courts. The National Park Service tried for nearly 20 years to acquire the property—the second-largest privately held parcel inside the boundaries of the park—for preservation purposes. Earlier this year, the Fund successfully purchased the land and subsequently conveyed it to the National Park Service. The park service intends to restore the landscape to its historic 1863 setting.

Staying Power: More Than Two Decades Saving Gettysburg

The Fund is known for its entrepreneurial spirit, for finding the funds and resources to ensure land gets—and stays—protected. In previous years, our partnership with the Friends of the National Parks at Gettysburg has made possible the preservation of a number of critical properties on the historic battlefield. We provided financing for these purchases from our Battlefield Revolving Fund, established by grants from The Gilder Foundation.

The Revolving Fund made it possible for us to buy and donate to the military park the following land:

• 28 acres on East Cavalry Field in partnership with Adams County;

• 23 acres of the Blocher Farm at the base of Barlow's Knoll, an area of the battlefield on July 1, 1863, as well as removal of modern intrusions;

• a historic private property adjacent to the park along the Baltimore Pike;

• the last privately held commercial land in Gettysburg National Military Park, located in the area of Pickett’s Charge. The land had a motel on it when the the Fund purchased it. We held the property until federal funding made it possible for the park service to purchase and restore the land to its original state;

• a nine-acre inholding in the park that was the site of the action at Devil’s Den—a massive boulder outcrop about 500 yards in front of and between the two Round Tops where there were intense attacks and counterattacks on the second day of the battle. The Fund made a revolving loan of $220,000 to the Friends of the National Parks at Gettysburg in order for them to purchase and then donate the land to the National Park Service.

We also assisted the Richard King Mellon Foundation in its protection efforts at Gettysburg:

• The Foundation donated 269 acres to the Gettysburg National Military Park on East Cavalry Field, which was the battleground for the U.S. Cavalry and Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart's forces on July 3, 1863;
• A 44-acre historic farm adjoining East Cavalry Field was also donated. The farm had been sought by developers for use as a trailer park.

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 Other Projects:

Bushy Run Battlefield

In partnership with the Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission and with support from the commonwealth, McKenna Foundation and Richard King Mellon Foundation, the Fund purchased 34 acres of hallowed ground for inclusion in the Bushy Run Battlefield. The British victory at Bushy Run, a pivotal battle associated with the end of the French and Indian War (1754–63), lifted the siege at Fort Pitt, now Pittsburgh, and ultimately ensured British control of North America.

Photos: Ken Ronkowitz, Flickr

Franklin

In partnership with the Franklin and Williamson County Heritage Foundation, the Fund protected 57 acres on Roper's Knob, the beautiful wooded hill that was a signal station during the war.

Shiloh

On April 6, 1862, General Albert Sidney Johnston surprised Major General Ulysses S. Grant’s outnumbered forces near Shiloh Church and pushed them north, but Grant held his supply base at Pittsburg Landing. Grant’s reinforcements arrived, enabling him to surprise General P. G. T. Beauregard, in command after Johnston was mortally wounded, with a counterattack the next morning. The Confederates retreated toward Corinth. The casualties in the two-day battle totaled 23,746.

The Conservation Fund negotiated the purchase of the 125-acre Glover farm, a high point of the Confederate advance. Major grants from the Fund's partners, The Gilder Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Nau, III and the Civil War Society, made possible the purchase and donation of the historic land to the park.

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Glorieta Pass

In March 1862, while Confederates from Texas battled a combined force of U. S. Regulars and volunteers from Colorado and New Mexico along the Santa Fe Trail near Glorieta Pass, a Union flanking column moved behind the Confederates’ lines and destroyed their wagon train at Cañoncito, forcing them to retreat to Texas.

A grant from The Gilder Foundation enabled us to work with the owners of historic land on the Glorieta Pass battlefield in the Pecos National Historical Park. We used its Southwest Revolving Fund, established by grants from the Hoblitzelle and Summerlee Foundations, and a loan from the National Park Trust to purchase more than 100 acres of hallowed ground. We held the five properties until the National Park Service had the federal funding, supplemented by a grant from The Civil War Preservation Trust, to purchase them from us and add them to the park.

The sites include a Pueblo built by Ancestral Pueblo People, and land at the center of the Glorieta Pass battlefield.

Big Black River Battlefield

When Grant’s army marched on Vicksburg in May of 1863, Confederate General John C. Pemberton made a desperate attempt to hold off the approaching Union forces, to no avail. The Confederates were routed.

The Conservation Fund purchased 28 acres, using its Battlefield Revolving Fund established by grants from The Gilder Foundation, in the area where U. S. troops massed before their three-minute bayonet charge that defeated the Confederates on May 17, 1863, enabling General Grant to close in on Vicksburg the next day. The Fund worked in partnership with the Civil War Preservation Trust and the state of Mississippi, which provided state funds to match 2-1 the federal funds for the acquisition.

Champion Hill

The Conservation Fund negotiated the purchase of an easement over 200 acres in the area of the Confederate retreat at Champion Hill, Mississippi. The Fund worked in partnership with the Civil War Preservation Trust and the state of Mississippi, which provided state funds to match the federal funds.

Corinth

After the capture of Corinth in May 1862, the U. S. forces built an arc of fortifications, including Battery F, to prevent the Confederates from retaking the critical intersection of the railroads between the industrial and shipping facilities at Memphis and the ports at Mobile and Charleston. On October 3-4, 1862, the Federals initially manned and then abandoned Battery F in their successful defense of Corinth during the Confederate attack.

The Conservation Fund and its partners launched the preservation of the Corinth battlefield with the purchase of Battery F, using the Fund’s Battlefield Revolving Fund established by grants from The Gilder Foundation. Grants from the Fund’s partners, Ringier America, National Geographic Society, and Mr. and Mrs. John L. Nau, III, made possible the donation of the battery to the Friends of the Siege and Battle of Corinth. The Fund also donated adjacent land that had been a gift from Harold and Peggy Isbell.

Port Gibson

After their rapid march from the Mississippi River on May 1, 1863, Major General Ulysses S. Grant's 24,000 troops hit 8,000 Confederates in a hard fought, eighteen-hour battle in the ridges and hollows in the area of the Shaifer house and the Rodney and Bruinsburg roads. The U. S. victory gave Grant the beachhead he needed for his successful Vicksburg Campaign.

In partnership with the Civil War Preservation Trust, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, and National Park Service, the Fund secured a 623-acre conservation easement on important buffer lands in the Port Gibson Civil War Battlefield, site of the first major battle of the critical Vicksburg Campaign.

Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site

President Abraham Lincoln pointed up the strategic importance of Kentucky: without it, the United States could not hold Missouri and Maryland. On October 8, 1862, the Widow Gibson Farm at Perryville was the site of a massive Confederate assault that hurled the Federal line back one mile. After a day of intense fighting and more than 7,000 casualties, the Confederates withdrew from the state and abandoned their effort to take over Kentucky. Kentucky remained within the Union.

A partnership with the state of Kentucky, the Perryville Battlefield Commission, the Perryville Battlefield Preservation Association, and the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels made possible the protection of 150 acres at the center of the key battlefield in Kentucky. The Perryville Battlefield Preservation Association bought the 150-acre farm with funding from federal ISTEA funds, The Conservation Fund, and its partners. The land was donated to Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site.

Preservation Symbols in the column on the left:

F: = Protected by the Federal Government
S: = Protected by a State Government
C: = Protected by a County Government
M: = Protected by a Municipal Government
N: = Protected by Non-Profit Organization
Co: = Protected by a Corporation
U: = Unprotected

NOTE: Battlefields that are protected by more than one entity are listed in only one preservation category.

Alabama: 7 battlefields, 3 protected

S: Fort Blakely: AL006 Baldwin County, April 2-9, 1865
U: Spanish Fort: AL005 Baldwin County, March 27-April 8, 1865
S: Day's Gap: AL001 Cullman County, April 30, 1863
U: Selma: AL007 Dallas County, April 2, 1865
U: Athens: AL002 Limestone County, January 26, 1864
S: Mobile Bay: AL003* Mobile and Baldwin Counties, August 2-23, 1864
U: Decatur: AL004 Morgan and Limestone Counties, October 26-29, 1864

Arkansas: 17 battlefields, 8 protected

F: Arkansas Post: AR006 Arkansas County, January 9-11, 1863
U: St. Charles: AR002 Arkansas County, June 17, 1862
F: Pea Ridge: AR001 Benton County, March 6-8, 1862
U: Ditch Bayou (Old River Lake): AR017 Chicot County, June 6, 1864
U: Elkin's Ferry: AR012 Clark and Nevada Counties, April 3-4, 1864
C: Chalk Bluff: AR007 Clay County, May 1-2, 1863
S: Marks' Mills: AR015 Cleveland County, April 25, 1864
S: Jenkins' Ferry: AR016 Grant County, April 30, 1864
U: Pine Bluff: AR011 Jefferson County, October 25, 1863
U: Prairie D'Ane: AR013 Nevada County, April 10-13, 1864
S: Poison Spring: AR014 Ouachita County, April 18, 1864
M: Helena: AR008 Phillips County, July 4, 1863
U: Bayou Fourche (Little Rock): AR010 Pulaski County, September 10, 1863
U: Devil's Backbone: AR009 Sebastian County, September 1, 1863
U: Cane Hill: AR004 Washington County, November 28, 1862
S: Prairie Grove: AR005* Washington County, December 7, 1862
U: Hill's Plantation: AR003 Woodruff County, July 7, 1862

Colorado: 1 battlefield, 0 protected

U: Sand Creek: CO001 Kiowa County, November 29, 1866

District of Columbia: 1 battlefield, 1 protected

F: Fort Stevens: DC001 District of Columbia, July 11-12, 1864

Florida: 6 battlefields, 4 protected

S: Olustee: FL005 Baker County, February 20, 1864
F: St. Johns Bluff: FL003 Duval County, October 1-3, 1862
F: Santa Rosa Island: FL001 Escambia County, October 9, 1861
S: Natural Bridge: FL006 Leon County, March 6, 1865
U: Fort Brooke: FL004 Tampa, October 16-18, 1863
U: Tampa: FL002 Tampa, June 30-July 1, 1862

Georgia: 28 battlefields, 16 protected

F: Allatoona: GA023* Bartow County, October 5, 1864
U: Adairsville: GA009 Bartow and Gordon Counties, May 17, 1864
S: Fort McAllister I: GA002 Bryan County, January 27-March 3, 1863
S: Fort McAllister II: GA028 Bryan County, December 13, 1864
U: Waynesborough: GA027 Burke County, December 4, 1864
S: Ringgold Gap: GA005* Catoosa County, November 27, 1863
F: Chickamauga: GA004* Catoosa and Walker Counties, September 18-20, 1863
F: Fort Pulaski: GA001 Chatham County, April 10-11, 1862
U: Jonesboro: GA022 Clayton County, August 31-September 1, 1864
U: Lovejoy's Station: GA021 Clayton County, August 20, 1864
F: Kennesaw Mountain: GA015* Cobb County, June 27, 1864
F: Kolb's Farm: GA014 Cobb County, June 22, 1864
U: Davis' Cross Roads: GA003 Dade and Walker Counties, September 10-11, 1863
U: Atlanta: GA017 Fulton and De Kalb Counties, July 22, 1864
M: Ezra Church: GA018 Fulton County, July 28, 1864
M: Peachtree Creek: GA016 Fulton County, July 20, 1864
U: Utoy Creek: GA019 Fulton County, August 5-7, 1864
U: Buck Head Creek: GA026 Jenkins County, November 28, 1864
U: Dallas: GA011 Paulding County, May 28, 1864
N: New Hope Church: GA010 Paulding County, May 25-26, 1864
S: Pickett's Mill: GA012 Paulding County, May 27, 1864
Co: Lost Mountain-Brushy Mountain Line: GA013 Paulding and Cobb Counties, June 9-18, 1864
S: Griswoldville: GA025 Twiggs and Jones Counties, November 22, 1864
C: Rocky Face Ridge: GA007 Whitfield County and Dalton, May 7-13, 1864
U: Dalton I: GA006 Whitfield County and Dalton, February 22-27, 1864
U: Dalton II: GA020 Whitfield County and Dalton, August 14-15, 1864
U: Dalton III: GA024 Whitfield County and Dalton, October 13, 1864
S: Resaca: GA008 Whitfield and Gordon Counties, May 13-15, 1864

Idaho: 1 battlefield, 0 protected

U: Bear River: ID001 Franklin County, January 29, 1863

Indiana: 1 battlefield, 1 protected

C: Corydon: IN001 Harrison County, July 9, 1863

Kansas: 4 battlefields, 2 protected

U: Baxter Springs: KS002 Cherokee County, October 6, 1863
U: Lawrence: KS001 Douglas County, August 21, 1863
S: Marais des Cygnes: KS004 Linn County, October 25, 1864
S: Mine Creek: KS003 Linn County, October 25, 1864

Kentucky: 11 battlefields, 6 protected

S: Perryville: KY009* Boyle County, October 8, 1862
U: Ivy Mountain: KY003 Floyd County, November 8-9, 1861
N: Middle Creek: KY005 Floyd County, January 10, 1862
U: Cynthiana: KY011 Harrison County, June 11-12, 1864
N: Munfordville (Battle for the Bridge): KY008 Hart County, September 14-17, 1862
U: Rowlett's Station: KY004 Hart County, December 17, 1861
U: Barbourville: KY001 Knox County, September 19, 1861
F: Camp Wildcat: KY002 Laurel County, October 21, 1861
F: Richmond: KY007 Madison County, August 29-30, 1862
U: Paducah: KY010 McCracken County, March 25, 1864
N: Mill Springs: KY006* Pulaski and Wayne Counties, January 19, 1862

Louisiana: 23 battlefields, 4 protected

U: Donaldsonville I: LA004 Ascension Parish, August 9, 1862
U: Donaldsonville II: LA013 Ascension Parish, June 28, 1863
U: Kock's Plantation: LA015 Ascension Parish, July 12-13, 1863
M: Fort DeRussy: LA017 Avoyelles Parish, March 14, 1864
U: Mansura: LA022 Avoyelles Parish, May 16, 1864
U: Yellow Bayou: LA023 Avoyelles Parish, May 18, 1864
S: Mansfield: LA018 DeSoto Parish, April 8, 1864
U: Pleasant Hill: LA019 DeSoto and Sabine Parishes, April 9, 1864
U: Baton Rouge: LA003 East Baton Rouge Parish, August 5, 1862
U: Plains Store: LA009 East Baton Rouge Parish, May 21, 1863
S: Siege of Port Hudson: LA010* East Baton Rouge and East Feliciana Parishes, May 22-July 9, 1863
U: Goodrich's Landing: LA014 East Carroll Parish, June 29-30, 1863
U: Vermillion Bayou: LA008 Lafayette Parish, April 17, 1863
U: Georgia Landing: LA005 Lafourche Parish, October 27, 1862
U: Lafourche Crossing: LA012 Lafourche Parish, June 20-21, 1863
U: Milliken's Bend: LA011 Madison Parish, June 7, 1863
U: Monett's Ferry: LA021 Natchitoches Parish, April 23, 1864
C: Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip: LA001 Plaquemines Parish, April 16-28, 1862
U: Stirling's Plantation: LA016 Pointe Coupee Parish, September 29, 1863
U: Blair's Landing: LA020 Red River Parish, April 12-13, 1864
U: New Orleans: LA002 St. Bernard and Orleans Parishes, April 25-May 1, 1862
U: Fort Bisland: LA006 St. Mary Parish, April 12-13, 1863
U: Irish Bend: LA007 St. Mary Parish, April 14, 1863

Maryland: 7 battlefields, 4 protected

U: Folck's Mill: MD008 Allegany County, August 1, 1864
F: Monocacy: MD007* Frederick County, July 9, 1864
F: Antietam: MD003* Washington County, September 17, 1862
F: Boonsboro-Funkstown-Falling Waters: MD006 Washington County, July 8-14, 1863
U: Williamsport: MD004 Washington County, July 6, 1863
S: South Mountain: MD002* Washington and Frederick Counties, September 14, 1862
U: Hancock: MD001 Washington County, Maryland, and Morgan County, West Virginia, January 5-6, 1862

Minnesota: 2 battlefields, 1 protected

S: Fort Ridgely: MN001 Nicollet County, August 20-22, 1862
U: Wood Lake: MN002 Yellow Medicine County, September 23, 1862

Mississippi: 16 battlefields, 10 protected

M: Corinth: MS002 Alcorn County and Corinth, October 3-4, 1862
M: Siege of Corinth: MS016* Alcorn County and Corinth, April 29-May 30, 1862
U: Okolona: MS013 Chickasaw County, February 22, 1864
S: Grand Gulf: MS004 Claiborne County, April 29, 1863
S: Port Gibson: MS006* Claiborne County, May 1, 1863
S: Champion Hill: MS009 Hinds County, May 16, 1863
N: Raymond: MS007* Hinds County, May 12, 1863
S: Big Black River Bridge: MS010 Hinds and Warren Counties, May 17, 1863
U: Jackson: MS008 Hinds County and Jackson, May 14, 1863
U: Meridian: MS012 Lauderdale County, February 14-20, 1864
F: Tupelo: MS015 Lee County and Tupelo, July 14-15, 1864
U: Luka: MS001 Tishomingo County, September 19, 1862
F: Brices Cross Roads: MS014* Union, Prentiss, and Lee Counties, June 10, 1864
U: Chickasaw Bayou: MS003* Warren County, December 26-29, 1862
U: Snyder's Bluff: MS005 Warren County, April 29-May 1, 1863
F: Battle and Siege of Vicksburg: MS011* Warren County and Vicksburg, May 18-July 4, 1863

Missouri: 29 battlefields, 9 protected

U: Kirksville: MO013 Adair County, August 6-9, 1862
U: Mount Zion Church: MO010 Boone County, December 28, 1861
U: Cape Girardeau: MO020 Cape Girardeau, April 26, 1863
U: Liberty (Blue Mills Landing): MO003 Clay County, September 17, 1861
U: Boonville: MO001 Cooper County, June 17, 1861
U: Clark's Mill: MO017 Douglas County, November 7, 1862
U: Springfield I: MO008 Greene County, October 25, 1861
U: Springfield II: MO018 Greene County, January 8, 1863
F: Wilson's Creek: MO004 Greene and Christian Counties, August 10, 1861
U: Glasgow: MO022 Howard County, October 15, 1864
S: Pilot Knob: MO021* Iron County, September 26-28, 1864
M: Big Blue River (Byram's Ford): MO026 Jackson County, October 22-23, 1864
U: Independence I: MO014 Jackson County, August 11, 1862
U: Independence II: MO025 Jackson County, October 22, 1864
C: Little Blue River: MO024 Jackson County, October 21, 1864
C: Lone Jack: MO015 Jackson County, August 15-16, 1862
N: Westport: MO027 Jackson County, October 23, 1864
S: Carthage: MO002 Jasper County, July 5, 1861
S: Lexington I: MO006 Lafayette County, September 13-20, 1861
U: Lexington II: MO023 Lafayette County, October 19, 1864
U: Fredericktown: MO007 Madison County, October 21, 1861
U: Belmont: MO009 Mississippi County, November 7, 1861 U: New Madrid/Island No. 10: MO012 New Madrid, Missouri, and Lake County, Tennessee, February 28-April 8, 1862
N: Newtonia I: MO016 Newton County, September 30, 1862
U: Newtonia II: MO029* Newton County, October 28, 1864
U: Roan's Tan Yard: MO011 Randolph County, January 8, 1862
U: Dry Wood Creek: MO005 Vernon County, September 2, 1861
U: Marmaton River: MO028 Vernon County, October 25, 1864
U: Hartville: MO019 Wright County, January 9-11, 1863

New Mexico: 2 battlefields, 1 protected

F: Glorieta Pass: NM002* Santa Fe and San Miguel Counties, March 26-28, 1862
U: Valverde: NM001 Socorro County, February 20-21, 1862

North Carolina: 20 battlefields, 9 protected

U: Washington: NC011 Beaufort County, March 30-April 20, 1863
U: South Mills: NC005 Camden County, April 19, 1862
S: Fort Macon: NC004 Carteret County, March 23-April 26, 1862
U: Albemarle Sound: NC013 Chowan and Washington Counties, May 5, 1864
S: Fort Anderson: NC010 Craven County, March 13-15, 1863
U: New Bern: NC003 Craven County, March 14, 1862
F: Hatteras Inlet Forts: NC001 Dare County, August 28-29, 1861
U: Roanoke Island: NC002 Dare County, February 7-8, 1862
N: Averasboro: NC019 Harnett and Cumberland Counties, March 16, 1865
F: Monroe's Cross Roads: NC018 Hoke County, March 10, 1865
S: Bentonville: NC020* Johnston County, March 19-21, 1865
U: Kinston: NC007 Lenoir County, December 14, 1862
U: Wyse Fork: NC017 Lenoir County, March 7-10, 1865
S: Fort Fisher I: NC014 New Hanover County, December 7-27, 1864
S: Fort Fisher II: NC015 New Hanover County, January 13-15, 1865
S: Wilmington: NC016 New Hanover County, February 12-22, 1865
U: Tranter's Creek: NC006 Pitt County, June 5, 1862
U: Plymouth: NC012 Washington County, April 17-20, 1864
U: Goldsboro Bridge: NC009 Wayne County, December 17, 1862
U: White Hall: NC008 Wayne County, December 16, 1862

North Dakota: 5 battlefields, 3 protected

U: Stony Lake: ND003 Burleigh County, July 28, 1863
S: Whitestone Hill: ND004 Dickey County, September 3-4, 1863
S: Killdeer Mountain: ND005 Dunn County, July 28-29, 1864
S: Big Mound: ND001 Kidder County, July 24, 1863
U: Dead Buffalo Lake: ND002 Kidder County, July 26, 1863

Ohio: 2 battlefields, 0 protected

U: Salineville: OH002 Columbiana County, July 26, 1863
U: Buffington Island: OH001 Meigs County, July 19, 1863

Oklahoma: 7 battlefields, 2 protected

U: Middle Boggy: OK005 Atoka County, February 13, 1864
U: Round Mountain: OK001 County Unknown, November 19, 1861
U: Old Fort Wayne: OK004 Delaware County, October 22, 1862
S: Cabin Creek: OK006 Mayes County, July 1-2, 1863
S: Honey Springs: OK007* Muskogee and McIntosh Counties, July 17, 1863
U: Chustenahlah: OK003 Osage County, December 26, 1861
U: Chusto-Talasah: OK002 Tulsa County, December 9, 1861

Pennsylvania: 2 battlefields, 1 protected

F: Gettysburg: PA002* Adams County, July 1-3, 1863
U: Hanover: PA001 York County, June 30, 1863

South Carolina: 11 battlefields, 5 protected

S: Rivers Bridge: SC011 Bamberg County, February 2-3, 1865
F: Charleston Harbor I: SC004 Charleston County, April 7, 1863
U: Charleston Harbor II: SC009 Charleston County, September 5-8, 1863
F: Fort Sumter I: SC001 Charleston County, April 12-14, 1861
F: Fort Sumter II: SC008 Charleston County, August 17-September 8, 1863
U: Fort Wagner I: SC005 Morris Island, Charleston County, July 10-11, 1863
U: Fort Wagner II: SC007 Morris Island, Charleston County, July 18, 1863
S: Secessionville: SC002* Charleston County, June 16, 1862
U: Simmons' Bluff: SC003 Charleston County, June 21, 1862
U: Grimball's Landing: SC006 James Island, Charleston County, July 16, 1863
U: Honey Hill: SC010 Jasper County, November 30, 1864

Tennessee: 38 battlefields, 15 protected

U: Hoover's Gap: TN017 Bedford and Rutherford Counties, June 24-26, 1863
S: Johnsonville: TN032 Benton County, November 3-5, 1864
M: Nashville: TN038 Davidson County, December 15-16, 1864
U: Bean's Station: TN026 Grainger County, December 14, 1863
U: Blue Springs: TN020 Greene County, October 10, 1863
U: Bull's Gap: TN033 Hamblen and Greene Counties, November 11-14, 1864
U: Chattanooga I: TN005 Hamilton County and Chattanooga, June 7-8, 1862
U: Chattanooga II: TN018 Hamilton County and Chattanooga, August 21, 1863
F: Chattanooga III: TN024* Hamilton County and Chattanooga, November 23-25, 1863
U: Wauhatchie: TN021 Hamilton, Marion, and Dade Counties, October 28-29, 1863
S: Davis Bridge (Hatchie Bridge): TN007 Hardeman and McNairy Counties, October 5, 1862
F: Shiloh: TN003 Hardin County, April 6-7, 1862
S: Parker's Cross Roads: TN011 Henderson County, December 31, 1862
U: Dandridge: TN028 Jefferson County, January 17, 1864
U: Mossy Creek: TN027 Jefferson County, December 29, 1863
U: Campbell's Station: TN023 Knox County, November 16, 1863
U: Fort Sanders: TN025 Knox County, November 29, 1863
S: Fort Pillow: TN030 Lauderdale County, April 12, 1864
U: Jackson: TN009 Madison County, December 19, 1862
U: Columbia: TN034 Maury County, November 24-29, 1864
C: Spring Hill: TN035* Maury County and Spring Hill, November 29, 1864
U: Memphis I: TN004 Memphis, June 6, 1862
U: Memphis II: TN031 Memphis, August 21, 1864
U: Murfreesboro I: TN006 Rutherford County, July 13, 1862
F: Murfreesboro II: TN037 Rutherford County, December 5-7, 1864
F: Stones River: TN010 Rutherford County, December 31, 1862-January 2, 1863
U: Vaught's Hill: TN014 Rutherford County, March 20, 1863
U: Fair Garden: TN029 Sevier County, January 27-28, 1864
U: Collierville: TN022 Shelby County, November 3, 1863
F: Dover: TN012 Stewart County, February 3, 1863
F: Fort Donelson: TN002* Stewart County, February 12-16, 1862
F: Fort Henry: TN001 Stewart County, February 6, 1862
U: Blountville: TN019 Sullivan County, September 22, 1863
U: Hartsville: TN008 Trousdale County, December 7, 1862
U: Brentwood: TN015 Williamson County, March 25, 1863
U: Thompson's Station: TN013 Williamson County, March 4-5, 1863
M: Franklin I: TN016 Williamson County and Franklin, April 10, 1863
M: Franklin II: TN036 Williamson County and Franklin, November 30, 1864

Texas: 5 battlefields, 3 protected

F: Palmito Ranch: TX005 Cameron County, May 12-13, 1865
U: Galveston I: TX002 Galveston County, October 4, 1862
U: Galveston II: TX003 Galveston County, January 1, 1863
S: Sabine Pass I: TX001 Jefferson County, September 24-25, 1862
S: Sabine Pass II: TX006 Jefferson County, September 8, 1863

Virginia: 123 battlefields, 55 protected

U: Amelia Springs: VA091 Amelia County, April 5, 1865
U: Namozine Church: VA124 Amelia County, April 3, 1865
S: Sailor's Creek: VA093 Amelia, Nottaway, and Prince Edward Counties, April 6, 1865
F: Appomattox Court House: VA097 Appomattox County, April 9, 1865
U: Appomattox Station: VA096 Appomattox County, April 8, 1865
U: Piedmont: VA111 Augusta County, June 5, 1864
U: Waynesboro: VA123 Augusta County, March 2, 1865
U: Samaria Church (Saint Mary's Church): VA112 Charles City County, June 24, 1864
N: Wilson's Wharf: VA056 Charles City County, May 24, 1864
U: Chester Station: VA051 Chesterfield County, May 10, 1864
F: Drewry's Bluff: VA012 Chesterfield County, May 15, 1862
U: Port Walthall Junction: VA047 Chesterfield County, May 6-7, 1864
F: Proctor's Creek (Drewry's Bluff): VA053 Chesterfield County, May 12-16, 1864
M: Swift Creek and Fort Clifton: VA050 Chesterfield County, May 9, 1864
F: Ware Bottom Church and Howlett Line: VA054 Chesterfield County, May 20, 1864
U: Berryville: VA118 Clarke County, September 3-4, 1864
U: Cool Spring: VA114 Clarke County, July 17-18, 1864
N: Brandy Station: VA035* Culpeper County, June 9, 1863
N: Cedar Mountain: VA022 Culpeper County, August 9, 1862
S: Kelly's Ford: VA029 Culpeper County, March 17, 1863
U: Rappahannock River: VA023 Culpeper and Fauquier Counties, August 22-25, 1862
U: Rappahannock Station: VA043 Culpeper and Fauquier Counties, November 7, 1863
U: Cumberland Church: VA094 Cumberland County, April 7, 1865
U: Boydton Plank Road: VA079* Dinwiddie County, October 27, 1864
U: Dinwiddie Court House: VA086 Dinwiddie County, March 31, 1865
F: Five Forks: VA088 Dinwiddie County, April 1, 1865
N: Globe Tavern: VA072 Dinwiddie County, August 18-21, 1864
N: Hatcher's Run: VA083 Dinwiddie County, February 5-7, 1865
U: Lewis's Farm: VA085 Dinwiddie County, March 29, 1865
F: Peebles' Farm: VA074 Dinwiddie County, Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 1864
N: Reams Station I: VA068 Dinwiddie County, June 29, 1864
N: Reams Station II: VA073 Dinwiddie County, August 25, 1864
U: Sutherland Station: VA090 Dinwiddie County, April 2, 1865
N: White Oak Road: VA087* Dinwiddie County, March 31, 1865
U: Jerusalem Plank Road: VA065 Dinwiddie County and Petersburg, June 21-23, 1864
F: Petersburg III: VA089* Dinwiddie County and Petersburg, April 2, 1865
C: Chantilly: VA027 Fairfax County, September 1, 1862
U: Dranesville: VA007 Fairfax County, December 20, 1861
U: Auburn I: VA039 Fauquier County, October 13, 1863
U: Auburn II: VA041 Fauquier County, October 14, 1863
U: Buckland Mills: VA042 Fauquier County, October 19, 1863
F: Fredericksburg II: VA034 Fredericksburg, May 3, 1863
N: First Kernstown: VA101* Frederick County and Winchester, March 23, 1862
N: Second Kernstown: VA116 Frederick County and Winchester, July 24, 1864
U: Rutherford's Farm: VA115 Frederick County and Winchester, July 20, 1864
U: First Winchester: VA104 Frederick County and Winchester, May 25, 1862
U: Second Winchester: VA107 Frederick County and Winchester, June 13-15, 1863
N: Opequon (Third Winchester): VA119 Frederick and Clark Counties and Winchester, Sept.19, 1864
N: Cedar Creek: VA122* Frederick, Shenandoah, and Warren Counties, October 19, 1864
S: Staunton River Bridge: VA113 Halifax and Charlotte Counties, June 25, 1864
U: Hampton Roads: VA008 Hampton Roads, March 8-9, 1862
F: Beaver Dam Creek (Mechanicsville/Ellerson's Mill): VA016 Hanover County, June 26, 1862
F: Cold Harbor: VA062* Hanover County, May 31-June 12, 1864
F: Gaines' Mill: VA017* Hanover County, June 27, 1862
U: Hanover Court House: VA013 Hanover County, May 27, 1862
U: Haw's Shop: VA058 Hanover County, May 28, 1864
U: Matadequin Creek (Old Church): VA059 Hanover County, May 30, 1864
N: Totopotomoy Creek and Bethesda Church: VA057 Hanover County, May 28-30, 1864
C: North Anna: VA055* Hanover and Caroline Counties, May 23-26, 1864
F: Chaffin's Farm and New Market Heights: VA075* Henrico County, September 29-30, 1864
U: Darbytown and New Market Roads: VA077 Henrico County, October 7, 1864
U: Darbytown Road: VA078 Henrico County, October 13, 1864
U: First Deep Bottom: VA069 Henrico County, July 27-29, 1864
U: Second Deep Bottom: VA071* Henrico County, August 13-20, 1864
U: Fair Oaks and Darbytown Road: VA080 Henrico County, October 27-28, 1864
U: Garnett's and Golding's Farms: VA018 Henrico County, June 27-28, 1862
N: Glendale: VA020a* Henrico County, June 30, 1862
N: Malvern Hill: VA021* Henrico County, July 1, 1862
U: Oak Grove: VA015 Henrico County, June 25, 1862
U: Savage's Station: VA019 Henrico County, June 29, 1862
U: Seven Pines: VA014 Henrico County, May 31-June 1, 1862
U: White Oak Swamp: VA020b Henrico County, June 30, 1862
U: Yellow Tavern: VA052 Henrico County, May 11, 1864
N: McDowell: VA102 Highland County, May 8, 1862
U: Walkerton: VA125 King and Queen County, March 2, 1864
U: Aldie: VA036 Loudoun County, June 17, 1863
S: Ball's Bluff: VA006 Loudoun County, October 21, 1861
U: Middleburg: VA037 Loudoun and Fauquier Counties, June 17-19, 1863
U: Upperville: VA038 Loudoun and Fauquier Counties, June 21, 1863
N: Trevilian Station: VA099 Louisa County, June 11-12, 1864
U: Lynchburg: VA064 Lynchburg, June 17-18, 1864
U: Eltham's Landing: VA011 New Kent County, May 7, 1862
U: Sewell's Point: VA001 Norfolk, May 18-19, 1861
U: Mine Run: VA044* Orange County, November 26- December 2, 1863
U: Morton's Ford: VA045 Orange and Culpeper Counties, February 6-7, 1864
F: The Crater: VA070 Petersburg, July 30, 1864
F: Fort Stedman: VA084 Petersburg, March 25, 1865
F: Petersburg I: VA098 Petersburg, June 9, 1864
U: Rice's Station: VA092 Prince Edward County, April 6, 1865
U: High Bridge: VA095 Prince Edward and Cumberland Counties, April 6-7, 1865
F: Petersburg II: VA063 Prince George County and Petersburg, June 15-18, 1864
U: Bristoe Station: VA040* Prince William County, October 14, 1863
U: Cockpit Point: VA100 Prince William County, January 3, 1862
F: First Manassas: VA005 Prince William County, July 21, 1861
F: Second Manassas: VA026* Prince William County, August 28-30, 1862
U: Manassas Station/Junction: VA024 Prince William County, August 26-27, 1862
U: Blackburn's Ford: VA004 Prince William and Fairfax Counties, July 18, 1861
U: Thoroughfare Gap: VA025 Prince William and Fauquier Counties, August 28, 1862
U: Cloyd's Mountain: VA049 Pulaski County, May 9, 1864
N: Cross Keys: VA105 Rockingham County, June 8, 1862
N: Port Republic: VA106 Rockingham County, June 9, 1862
N: Fisher's Hill: VA120* Shenandoah County, September 21-22, 1864
S: New Market: VA110 Shenandoah County, May 15, 1864
N: Tom's Brook: VA121 Shenandoah County, October 9, 1864
U: Marion: VA081 Smyth County, December 16-18, 1864
U: Saltville I: VA076 Smyth County, October 2, 1864
U: Saltville II: VA082 Smyth County, December 20-21, 1864
F: Chancellorsville: VA032* Spotsylvania County, April 30-May 6, 1863
F: Salem Church: VA033 Spotsylvania County, May 3-4, 1863
F: Spotsylvania Court House: VA048* Spotsylvania County, May 8-21, 1864
F: Wilderness: VA046* Spotsylvania County, May 5-6, 1864
F: Fredericksburg I: VA028 Spotsylvania County and Fredericksburg, December 11-15, 1862
C: Aquia Creek: VA002 Stafford County, May 29-June 1, 1861
U: Suffolk I: VA030 Suffolk, April 13-15, 1863
U: Suffolk II (Hill's Point): VA031 Suffolk, April 19, 1863
U: Sappony Church: VA067 Sussex County, June 28, 1864
U: Front Royal: VA103 Warren County, May 23, 1862
U: Guard Hill: VA117 Warren County, August 16, 1864
U: Manassas Gap: VA108 Warren and Fauquier Counties, July 23, 1863
U: Cove Mountain: VA109 Wythe County, May 10, 1864
U: Big Bethel: VA003 York County and Hampton, June 10, 1861
F: Siege of Yorktown: VA009 York County and Newport News, April 5-May 4, 1862
F: Williamsburg: VA010 York County and Williamsburg, May 5, 1862

West Virginia: 15 battlefields, 6 protected

U: Philippi: WV001 Barbour County, June 3, 1861
U: Hoke's Run (Falling Waters): WV002 Berkeley County, July 2, 1861
U: Moorefield: WV013 Hardy County, August 7, 1864
F: Harpers Ferry: WV010* Jefferson County, September 12-15, 1862
U: Shepherdstown: WV016 Jefferson County, September 19-20, 1862
U: Summit Point and Cameron's Depot: WV014 Jefferson County, August 21, 1864
U: Smithfield Crossing: WV015 Jefferson and Berkeley Counties, August 28-29, 1864
U: Princeton Courthouse: WV009 Mercer County, May 15-17, 1862
S: Carnifex Ferry: WV006 Nicholas County, September 10, 1861
U: Kessler's Cross Lanes: WV004 Nicholas County, August 26, 1861
F: Camp Allegheny: WV008 Pocahontas County, December 13, 1861
F: Cheat Mountain: WV005 Pocahontas County, September 12-15, 1861
S: Droop Mountain: WV012 Pocahontas County, November 6, 1863
U: Greenbrier River: WV007 Pocahontas County, October 3, 1861
N: Rich Mountain: WV003* Randolph County, July 11, 1861

Day's Gap

The Conservation Fund acquired 82 acres on the Day's Gap battlefield in Morgan and Cullman Counties in Alabama, site of a critical Civil War battle.

In April of 1863 US Colonel Abel D. Streight and his 1,500-man brigade were sent on a cavalry raid to destroy the Western & Atlantic Railroad in western Georgia and to divert CS Brigadier General Nathan Bedford Forrest and his cavalry while US Major General Ulysses S. Grant moved his forces down the Mississippi River. On April 30 at Day's Gap on Sand Mountain, Streight ambushed one of Forrest's columns and captured two of his guns. On May 3 Forrest bluffed the exhausted U. S. force into surrendering, but Streight's raid was successful in keeping Forrest away from the Mississippi River while Grant landed his forces on the east bank of the Mississippi River and launched his Vicksburg Campaign.

Today, the location remains much as it did 141 years ago and still holds significant natural value in addition to its historic importance.

Rocky Face Ridge

U. S. Major General William Tecumseh Sherman with his 110,100-man army group opened the Atlanta Campaign on May 8 with an attack on General Joseph E. Johnston’s 54,500 Confederates on the precipitous Rocky Face Ridge where they were protected by artillery and earthworks. Unable to take the ridge, Sherman sent a force west and south toward Resaca, Johnston moved south, and the U. S. IV Corps occupied Dalton. The Campaign ended in September with the fall of Atlanta.

The Conservation Fund led a multi-year effort that protected 625 acres on the long, wooded ridge that lies east of the interstate. The owners of adjacent land carried the preservation of the ridge forward by donating 35 acres.

The outstanding partnership included the city of Dalton, the Community Foundation of Northwest Georgia, the Dalton/Whitfield Chamber of Commerce, the Georgia Community Greenspace Program, the Looper Family, The Gilder Foundation, the National Park Service, Rex Investments, the Turner Foundation, and Whitfield County.

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Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park

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United States forces commanded by Brigadier General James G. Blunt and Brigadier General Francis J. Herron defeated Major General Thomas C. Hindman’s Confederates on December 7, 1862. This victory enabled the Federals to retain control of northwest Arkansas and southwest Missouri.

We purchased historic land, overlooking the battlefield from the site of the Confederate line, using our Battlefield Revolving Fund established with grants from The Gilder Foundation, and held it until the state of Arkansas had the funding to purchase it and add it to the Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park.

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Pilot Knob

Missouri’s vital role in the Civil War peaked in the late summer of 1864. Each side needed decisive victories before the United States presidential election in November. General Sterling Price led 12,000 Confederates into Missouri, where in late September 1864 he attacked Fort Davidson, just west of Pilot Knob Mountain. He lost 1,000 men in 20 minutes and permitted Brigadier General Thomas Ewing, Jr.’s force, with their horses and wagons, to slip out of the fort and escape. By early November Price’s Missouri Campaign had ended, a strategic failure, and he retreated across Indian Territory and into Texas.

A partnership with the Committee to Preserve and Protect Pilot Knob Battlefield, Arcadia Chamber of Commerce, St. Louis Civil War Round Table, The Civil War Preservation Trust, and the state of Missouri made possible the purchase of 40 acres on the site of General Sterling Price's 1864 attack and the donation of the hallowed ground to the Fort Davidson State Historic Site.