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. The Trevilian Station battle was a critical one for the U. S. Armies. While General Ulysses S. Grant prepared to cross the James River to attack Petersburg, he sent General Philip H. Sheridan’s cavalry westward on the north side of the North Anna River to distract Lee. Sheridan succeeded on June 11-12, 1864, against the cavalry divisions of Generals Wade Hampton and Fitzhugh Lee.
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When 2,500 acres of Pennsylvania forestland were on the sale block in late 2007, strong interest from developers led local residents to seek assistance from The Conservation Fund. Read more »
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