After the capture of Corinth in May 1862, the U. S. forces built an arc of fortifications, including Battery F, to prevent the Confederates from retaking the critical intersection of the railroads between the industrial and shipping facilities at Memphis and the ports at Mobile and Charleston. On October 3-4, 1862, the Federals initially manned and then abandoned Battery F in their successful defense of Corinth during the Confederate attack.
The Conservation Fund and its partners launched the preservation of the Corinth battlefield with the purchase of Battery F, using the Fund’s Battlefield Revolving Fund established by grants from The Gilder Foundation. Grants from the Fund’s partners, Ringier America, National Geographic Society, and Mr. and Mrs. John L. Nau, III, made possible the donation of the battery to the Friends of the Siege and Battle of Corinth. The Fund also donated adjacent land that had been a gift from Harold and Peggy Isbell.
Resourceful Communities and Family Farms
In North Carolina, farm families such as Mary and Nelson James have joined with the Fund's Resourceful Communities Program to cherish traditions, save farmland and sustain their community for future generations.
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