Civil War Battlefield Conservation

The Conservation Fund's Civil War Battlefield Campaign works in partnerships to protect our nation's hallowed ground, to provide comprehensive information on the 384 principal Civil War battlefields, designated by the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission, and to honor those that fought and died in the war.

The Campaign has, with its partners, protected historic sites in 73 projects in 13 states, protecting more than 8,100 acres.

Virginia Battlefield Conservation Projects

Beaver Dam Creek

The Conservation Fund protected 236 acres in the Chickahominy River watershed including part of the Federal line during the second of the Seven Days battles in June 1862.  Read more>

Cedar Creek

The Conservation Fund assisted the Cedar Creek Foundation in its purchase of 12 acres, adjacent to its Visitor Center, that were in the area of the Confederate advance during the battle.  Read more>

Chancellorsville

The Conservation Fund protected 83 acres for addition to the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park.   Read more>

City Point

The Fund purchased land at the U.S. logistic and command center for the Siege of Petersburg and Richmond. The land was added to the Petersburg National Battlefield.  Read more>

Cross Keys

The Conservation Fund assisted the Civil War Preservation Trust with a bridge loan from its Battlefield Revolving Fund, established by grants from The Gilder Foundation, that resulted in an easement over 51 acres on this Shenandoah Valley battlefield.  Read more>

Embrey Farm

The 30-acre Embrey Farm is the only remaining undeveloped land adjacent to Ferry Farm, George Washington’s boyhood home and the site of Union artillery emplacements during the Civil War battle for Fredericksburg.  Read more>

Fisher's Hill

An easement now protects 80 acres on the battlefield where the U.S. victory marked the beginning of the economic destruction of the Shenandoah Valley.  Read more>

Five Forks

An easement donated by the landowner protects 419 acres of the battlefield at Five Forks, Virginia.  Read more>

Fredericksburg

The Conservation Fund has helped protect land for addition to the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park through a number of conservation transactions.  Read more>

New Market

The Fund assisted in preserving the historic Shirley's Hill, from which the Virginia Military Institute cadets were sent into battle in May, 1864.  Read more>

Reams Station

Union Camp Corporation donated 210 acres to the Fund on the site of the 1864 battle for the vital Weldon Railroad south of Petersburg.  Read more>

Trevilian Station

A loan from The Conservation Fund's Battlefield Revolving Fund, established by grants from The Gilder Foundation, enabled the Fund to make a loan of $500,000 to the Trevilian Station Battlefield Foundation which purchased 950 acres on the Trevilian Station battlefield in Louisia County, Virginia.  Read more>
Scorecard: Mid-Atlantic
Acres Protected: 340,356
Fair Market Value: $749,469,363
Acquisition Cost: $578,741,366
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