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Our entire collection of CWPT battle maps —supplemented by historical maps and our animated maps—is now online.
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- CWPT President Jim Lighthizer Announces a New Campaign to Save 782 Acres at the Brandy Station Battlefield »
- Educators to Bring the Civil War to Life in their Classrooms »
- Harvard vs. Harvard at Brandy Station »
- How the Civil War Still Permeates VMI Cadet Life »
- New Book: "Valley Thunder: The Battle of New Market" »
- Nation's Historians Speak Out Against Proposed Gettysburg Casino »
- Battle of Glendale Anniversary Marked with Dedication Ceremony »
- Jim Lighthizer Announces a New Campaign to Save 240 Acres at the Bentonville Battlefield »
- Gettysburg Casino Near Hallowed Ground? (Frederick News Post) »
- Kentucky Battlefield Advocates Honored by CWPT »
- National Battlefield Group Donates 54 Acres of Perryville Battlefield to Commonwealth of Kentucky »
- Civil War Preservation Trust Releases Annual Report on Nation's Most Endangered Battlefields »
- Civil War Preservation Trust Applauds Decision in Legal Challenge to Wilderness Walmart Plan »
- Governor McDonnell Joins with Preservation Leaders to Laud Virginia Land Conservation Accomplishments »
- Civil War Preservation Trust Earns Coveted 4-Star Rating From Charity Watchdog Group »
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History Under Siege
The future of important battlefields
are in peril. Learn which Civil War battlefields made our 2010 top ten most endangered list.
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