We have a new opportunity to buy five tracts for a total of a whopping 278 acres of battlefield land in three states. These crucial tracts include the site of one of the largest battles ever fought on North Carolina soil.
Thanks to matched funds from generous partners, we have raised over $2,900,000 to preserve this crucial land. Now, we are calling on our reinforcements to raise the last $62,500 to secure these properties.
Today, you can also partner with us to support this critical preservation effort. Your donation will directly contribute to saving five historical battlefield sites.
Plus, all donations made to this effort will be matched $50 to $1. Your generous gift will provide timely reinforcements we need, and go 50 times as far to save the following battlefield tracts:
71 Acres at Bentonville, North Carolina
We have the opportunity to help our partners preserve forever two tracts at Bentonville totaling 71 acres and helping us better tell the story of a concluding chapter of the war.
56 Acres at Goldsborough Bridge, North Carolina
The sale of this 56-acre tract of land is currently being advertised as ''perfect for light industrial'' and ''zoned for trucks''. If we don't act now, this sacred ground could be lost forever.
150 Acres at Shepherdstown, West Virginia
We must fight to preserve this 150-acre tract of historical land that is threatened by residential development.
1 Acre at Shy's Hill in Nashville, Tennessee
Shy's Hill represents some of the last movements in the Battle of Nashville in December 1864, when Federal troops finally broke the Confederate line on the left flank, and effectively ended the war in Tennessee.
If we don't act fast, we might lose this land to the construction of a million-dollar McMansion!
Learn about all of the rich history of these 278 threatened acres.
We need you!
Time is of the essence, and we need your support to save these five battlefields. Please donate today and help us safeguard these crucial pieces of our nation's history. Remember, every dollar you donate will be matched $50 to $1, amplifying the value of your support.
Battlefield by battlefield, acre by acre, we are putting the puzzle pieces together so that the full story of our history can be understood forever.
'Til the battle is won,
David N. Duncan, President
American Battlefield Trust
P.S. With our partners and YOU by our side, we are a force to be reckoned with. Give today and have your gift matched $50-to-$1.