Civil War Preservation Trust Saves 49 Acres of "Wilderness Battlefield" From Development
A campaign to forever save from development a nearly 50-acre parcel of Virgina land that witnessed pitched fighting during the Civil War has succeeded. The land eventually will be turned over to the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, which surrounds the acreage.
“Saving critically important landscapes like this is precisely why this organization exists,” said Civil War Preservation Trust President James Lighthizer. “Generations of Americans will now have the opportunity to walk this hallowed landscape and gain a fuller understanding of the horrors of war experienced by the soldiers fighting in the Wilderness.”
On May 5 and 6, 1864, the land known as Saunders Field, today surrounded by the military park, was the backdrop for fevered fighting waged both close and yet at times blindly at what has become known as the Wilderness Battlefield, according to reports made by those involved....
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“Saving critically important landscapes like this is precisely why this organization exists,” said Civil War Preservation Trust President James Lighthizer. “Generations of Americans will now have the opportunity to walk this hallowed landscape and gain a fuller understanding of the horrors of war experienced by the soldiers fighting in the Wilderness.”
On May 5 and 6, 1864, the land known as Saunders Field, today surrounded by the military park, was the backdrop for fevered fighting waged both close and yet at times blindly at what has become known as the Wilderness Battlefield, according to reports made by those involved....