Save the Slaughter Pen

The purchase of the Slaughter Pen Farm on the Fredericksburg battlefield was the biggest transaction that CWPT had ever attempted – by a factor of four! With your help, we accepted the risk, and went after these 208 acres of supremely hallowed ground at the Fredericksburg battlefield.

Historian Frank O'Reilly, calls the Slaughter Pen Farm "the very heart and soul of the Fredericksburg Battlefield. This is the point where the battle was won and lost." Ed Bearss, Chief Historian Emeritus of the National Park Service, stated that the farm is "without a doubt the most significant part of the battlefield at Fredericksburg that is not protected."

Now we have this once in a lifetime chance to ensure that this hallowed ground remains preserved as a battlefield forever.