"By preserving the
hallowed ground of a Civil War
battlefield we don’t just
preserve land; we also preserve the memories and the meaning,
the sacrifices and the stories, of the men who fought and fell
there, men whose bond to cause and comrade and country was so
strong that they were willing to die rather than to deny it."
Thirty
acres of Civil War battlefield land are destroyed every day!
CVBT SAVES
ENDANGERED WILDERNESS BATTLEFIELD LAND
Capital
Fund Raising Campaign has Begun
2010 Most
Endangered Battlefields List Released
Wilderness
Battlefield on List Again!
The
Central Virginia Battlefields Trust (CVBT) has acquired approximately 93 acres of historic ground on
the Wilderness battlefield. As Walmart continues to plan a new
store at the intersection of State Routes 3 and 20, in Orange
County, the CVBT has moved to protect nearby terrain in
Spotsylvania County from development. This newly preserved.....
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Pennsylvania Round Table
Donates $53,000.000 to CVBT
The Civil
War Round Table of Eastern Pennsylvania announced it has
designated a departed member’s bequest to be donated to help
save three of Virginia’s endangered battlefields...Click
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Author Donates Proceeds
from New Book to CVBT
Author Johnnie Perry Pearson
will donate all the proceeds from his new book "Lee and
Jacksons Bloody Twelfth". The book contains the story and
letters of Irby Goodwin Scott, First Lieutenant, Company G,
Putnam Light Infantry, Twelfth Georgia Volunteer Infantry. This
is a fascinating story of an ordinary soldiers struggle to
survive not only the horrors of combat but also the unrelenting
hardship of......Click
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Wilderness Crossroads Video
Why Should
We Save Our Battlefields?
Watch Video
on Left.
Central Virginia
Battlefields Trust' s mission is
preserving endangered hallowed ground.
Becoming a valued
member of the Trust is all
about
Members will receive a
quarterly issue of our Skirmish line newsletter keeping you
abreast of CVBT activities and battlefield concerns. Members also
receive a vehicle window decal to show your support for CVBT.
You will also be added to our "E-Mail Alert System" which will
inform you of breaking preservation news in the area.
As you are
visiting this web site
time is ticking away and major portions of Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Chancellorsville and
Fredericksburg battlefields are being offered for sale to
development. The CVBT is working now on multiple
projects to save these sites.
Membership support is crucial!
Please join us in this quest to save our History!
“Exhausted and bloodied
from the day’s battle the Fifth Corps assembled at the fast food
restaurant. The wounded were taken and attended to by the parking
lot and gas station”.
When touring what is left of our
Civil War battlefields descriptions such as this are fast becoming
normal. Urban sprawl has already enveloped over twenty percent of the
historic and hallowed ground where so many have fought and given their
lives.
Subdivisions, parking lots,
massive store fronts are being constructed and forever erasing the
historic battlefields and dampening the stories of those who fought
and helped mold our nation. Over 600,000 died in America’s Civil War
and we at Central Virginia Battlefields Trust are dedicated
to protecting the memories and stories of those brave souls by
saving the hallowed grounds upon which they gave so much.
We at Central Virginia
Battlefields Trust realize the immense responsibility that is
entrusted in those of us who are aware that time is quickly running out
to save these battlefields. We must protect these grounds for future
generations so they may walk the fields, hear the stories of those who
fought and learn the importance of saving our history.
Purchase your Civil War
Books, or any other items through the above CVBT/Amazon
link and from 4% to 15% of your
purchase amount will be given to CVBT for
battlefield preservation.
Tell your friends and family!
CVBT and the Fredericksburg Civil War Round Table Announce New
Video Project to Benefit Preservation Proceeds to be
Given to CVBT!!
Civil War:
Fredericksburg
"Then
and Now"
Full Length
DVD Filmed in High Definition
"Not since Ron Maxwell's "Gods and
Generals" or Ken Burns' PBS "The Civil
War" series has there been such hub-ub
over a film featuring
Fredericksburg"
Clint Schemmer -The Free Lance Star
The CVBT is
proud to offer, for sale, our
popular annual journals,
Fredericksburg History and Biography.
Beginning with our now highly sought after premier volume one,
published in 2002, we have continued to attract knowledgeable
authors who's research explores a range of interests related to
the Fredericksburg area.
New Volume 8, 2009 is Here!
These editions will make a valuable addition to your library
and at the same time help fund our cause,
"Preservation of Virginia's Civil War Battlefields".
battlefield we don’t just
preserve land; we also preserve the memories and the meaning,
the sacrifices and the stories, of the men who fought and fell
there, men whose bond to cause and comrade and country was so
strong that they were willing to die rather than to deny it."
