We’ve been offered a “too-good-to-pass-up” deal to save precious battlefield land. We need to seize it while we can!
Let me explain. Today, we have the opportunity to save 132 acres on three battlefields that were the scenes of three of the biggest charges of the Civil War. The total cost to purchase and preserve these lands? $1.67 million.
Here's what's at stake...
35 Acres at Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights
The Union victory at the Battle of Chaffin’s Farm played a role in Lincoln’s reelection in 1864. Learn more »
Nine Acres at Petersburg (The Breakthrough)
The Breakthrough may have been the most consequential attack of the Civil War, leading directly to the fall of Richmond. Learn more »
88 Acres at Fort Blakeley
The Battle for Fort Blakeley was the last combined-force battle of the Civil War, leading to the fall of the fourth-largest city in the Southern Confederacy. Learn more »
MAKE A GIFT TO PROTECT THESE BATTLEFIELDS
We need your help to raise $149,875 to save all 132 hallowed acres.
Thanks to grants and partners and a gift from one generous landowner, every dollar we raise will be multiplied by 11! Think of it this way... your gift of $50 would be worth $550, and your gift of $100 would be worth an incredible $1,100.
Today, we must also consider the consequences of inaction.
Over the last 160 years, literally thousands of battlefield acres have been lost, developed, and destroyed. Today, homes and warehouses sit on places where soldiers fought and died, highways pierce fields and forests where history was made, and pressures continue to mount to bulldoze and build on the battlefield acres we have left.
Thankfully, in recent years, a new kind of hero has emerged. You are a preservation hero. And I am deeply grateful for your commitment to history preservation.
'Til the battle is won,
David N. Duncan
President
American Battlefield Trust
P.S. One day soon, I hope to write to you to share that these lands have been protected in perpetuity. But today, we are running out of time. I need your help raising the last $149,875 we need to preserve 132 battlefield acres, and I’m offering you the opportunity to have your support multiplied 11 times over. Please do what you can to help today.