Three 1864 Battlefields in need of your support:
Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana
The casualties were staggering — in General Alfred Mouton’s Confederate brigade, nearly every regimental commander was killed. One Union Thirteenth Corps division lost 43 percent of its men, killed, wounded and captured. An Ohio Infantryman later said of the battle that the bullets rained down “like a hailstorm,” and Joseph Blessington commented that “the road was red with their blood,” when describing the Union retreat. Read more about this battlefield »Battle of The Wilderness, Virginia
At the very beginning of Grant’s Overland Campaign, the Wilderness marked the first major battle between the newly appointed Union commander and his Confederate counterpart, General Robert E. Lee. From this parcel, the Confederates launched part of the counterattack that stymied the Union advance along the Orange Turnpike. Read more about this battlefield »First Battle of Deep Bottom, Virginia
Playing a role in the Petersburg Campaign in the summer of 1864, this 39-acre parcel outside of Richmond, Virginia saw action in both the First Battle of Deep Bottom in July of 1864 and in the Battle of Glendale two years before, meaning this land is twice hallowed. Preserving this land will also simultaneously protect the history of Gravel Hill, a unique and historically significant community in its own right. Read more about this battlefield »
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Each of these battles is a piece in the puzzle of the larger strategies that characterized the final year of the war. But if we don’t act swiftly, these 95 acres of hallowed ground could be lost forever!
As there is simply no substitute for walking on the very ground where important history happened, I ask you to make your most generous gift today to ensure that future generations will always be able to explore and learn from our unique American battlefields.
'Til the battle is won,
David N. Duncan
President