

Save the Slaughter Pen
Five years ago the Civil War Trust embarked upon its most ambitious and costly battlefield preservation effort in its history - the preservation of the 208 acre Slaughter Pen Farm.
Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, we have now raised $7m of the $12m needed for this historic land. Our next scheduled payment would normally be $200,000, but through a generous gift from the Central Virginia Battlefields Trust, we will now need to raise just $150,000 this year.
Why bother with this Slaughter Pen Farm? Well, as historian Frank O’Reilly puts it, this is the “very heart and soul of the Fredericksburg battlefield.” Put frankly, it is for places like the Slaughter Pen Farm that the Civil War Trust exists.
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Featured Online Resources
Fredericksburg: Battle Overview »
Battle of Fredericksburg Animated Map »
The True Battle for Fredericksburg by Frank O'Reilly »
Fredericksburg by George C. Rable »
Central Virginia Battlefields Trust »
National Park Service: Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania »
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