Gettysburg Battlefield

This 20-acre tract a few miles southwest of Gettysburg that hosted a see-saw action pitting Union cavalry against Confederate cavalry and infantry, during Pickett’s Charge.

This remarkable tract is immediately adjacent to a parcel we preserved 10 years ago, and across the road from another. It’s a missing piece, and so important to telling the Gettysburg story!

Second Deep Bottom Battlefield

The second property is a nine-acre parcel at Second Deep Bottom, where a generous preservationist is working with the Trust to preserve this hallowed ground.

This Confederate victory resulted from a Union thrust toward Richmond, and this tract saw real deal combat on the Confederate left flank and a crumbling Union right, likely where the 9th U.S. Colored Troops made a determined fight.

We’ve saved 223 acres at Second Deep Bottom already, and now, with your help, we have the chance to save nine more.

The tracts’ owners could have received lucrative offers from developers before agreeing to sign purchase contracts with the Trust but chose to see these acres saved for all time. This is why we can’t hesitate a second!

The total purchase cost of these irreplaceable lands is $1.298 million, but when we factor in anticipated grants from some of our other best partners, including our friends at the HTR Foundation, we’re left with only $43,650 to raise.

That’s less than 4% of the total cost, which means that every dollar you send today, I can turn into $29.70 of saved hallowed ground! That’s an amazing bargain!

Our nation’s battlefields have never been more threatened... the land has never been more expensive... and the competition to buy it has never been more intense.

That means your support has never been needed more.

Thanks for doing all you can to help get us over the finish line today!

David N. Duncan, President

American Battlefield Trust