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GM and Civil War trust make deal for Spring Hill land

The nation’s leading Civil War land preservation group will formally announce plans Friday morning to buy 84 acres of land now owned by General Motors.

There’s one catch: The deal is contingent upon members helping raise part of the $2 million needed by Nov. 29, the 146th anniversary of the Battle of Spring Hill.

Jim Campi, spokesman for the Washington, D.C.-based Civil War Preservation Trust, said the group signed a contract in June to buy GM’s acreage just north of Rippavilla Mansion after years of discussions with GM about the deal....
Read entire article at The Tennessean