News Coverage of Chancellorsville's Plight: Following are several news articles about the threats to Chancellorsville Battlefield. The most extensive coverage has been by the Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star.


ABC News:

Warring Over Battlefield: Developers Look to Build Where ‘Stonewall’ Once Stood — 10/05/2002


Associated Press:

Two Virginia Battlefields Among Most Endangered — 02/24/2004

Battle Rages over Chancellorsville — 01/01/2003


Carolinia Morning News:

Joining Forces for Civil War Battlefields — 01/08/2003


Christian Science Monitor:

The Second Battle of Chancellorsville 05/19/2004

Developers and Battlefields — 03/31/2003


FOX News Channel :

Civil War Battlefields Now Sites of Suburban Warfare — 09/18/2002


Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star:

Spotsy Board Vote Brings Cheers — 11/15/2006

Gala to Merge Preservation, History — 11/10/2006

Saving Slaughter Pen: Trust Gets $2 Million from Federal Government — 10/17/2006

Central Virginia Battlefield Trust Buying Braehead Mansion — 10/16/2006

Public Gets Preview of Slaughter Pen — 10/10/2006

Builder Joins in Effort to Save Slaughter Pen — 8/6/2006

Trust Plans for Future of Slaughter Pen Farm — 7/13/2006

No Final Decision on Battlefield Rezoning — 7/12/2006

Slaughter Pen Deal Set to Close — 6/9/2006

A New Campaign for Slaughter Pen — 6/3/2006

Park's New Cannon to Have First Firing — 5/26/2006

Planning Commission OKs Plan to Save 75 Acres Near Battlefield — 5/18/2006

Vote Could Save Civil War Land — 5/17/2006

Supervisor Hagan Bows Out — 4/11/2006

Saving Slaughter Pen: Developer, Trust Join to Protect Civil War Site — 3/29/2006

Battlefield Cleanup Scheduled for April — 3/9/2006

Wilderness on Endangered List — 3/1/2006

A New Fight for Pierson Farm — 1/3/2006

Deal Pending on Battlefield — 12/4/2005

Grants Deserve Prime Propery — 12/3/2005

Historic Route 3 Slice Set Aside? — 12/1/2005

Lick Run Battlefield Plan Stirs Discussion — 11/3/2005

Spotsylvania Hires Tourism Marketing Coordinator — 11/1/2005

Preservationists Seek Public's Advice; Trust Devising Interpretive Plan for Spotsylvania's Lick Run Battlefield — 11/1/2005

Better Signage for Battlefields — 10/14/2005

Bequest Benefits History — 9/28/2005

Teen's Photo Exhibit Will Benefit Battlefields — 9/10/2005

Orange Braces for Fight — 9/5/2005

Trust Offers to Help Save Tract, but VDOT Can't Use Funds to Preserve Battlefield Site — 9/1/2005

Courthouse Bypass Meeting Set for Tomorrow — 8/30/2005

Grant Will Help Planning — 8/30/2005

County Promotes Tourism — 7/19/2005

"Hallowed Ground" at Risk — 6/4/2005

The Fortunes of War — 5/31/2005

Musician Turns War into Song — 5/27/2005

True Generosity Motivated Latimer's Knoll Sterling Gift — 5/25/2005

Viewing History on Screen — 5/18/2005

Saving Battlefields Pays — 5/17/2005

New Road Plans Threaten Battlefield — 5/15/2005

Helpers Defy Rain, Plant Trees at Battle Site — 4/3/2005

Battlefield Plight Gains National Attention — 3/17/2005

State's Battlefields Now Key in Fight to Preserve History — 2/25/2005

Endangered History — 2/24/2005

Busy, Busy Board — 1/1/2005

Mullins Battlefield Deal Is Official — 12/11/2004

Civil War Group Honors Preservation Advocate — 12/4/2004

Mullins Rezoning Gets OK — 11/10/2004

Battlefield Site's Fate Up to Board — 11/8/2004

Planners Back Rezoning Site — 10/21/2004

Proffers to Not Guarantee Rezoning Approval — 10/18/2004

Hold 'Em or Fold 'Em — 10/17/2004

History's Helper — 10/13/2004

Spotsylvania May Waive Tricord Proffers — 10/9/2004

Preservation Deal Discussed — 10/6/2004

Tricord, Trust to Discuss Mullins' Farm Project — 10/5/2004

Mullins Parcel's New Fate — 09/17/2004

'Win-win-win' on Mullins Farm — 09/15/2004

Parties See Hope in Mullins Talks — 08/27/2004

Wanted Middlemen 08/20/2004

Planners, Miffed, Delay Action on Mullins Farm 08/19/2004

Mullins Deal Mulled 08/13/2004

Spotsylvania May Delay Vote 08/09/2004

County Debates Growth Policy 08/11/2004

The Value of Historic Preservation 07/17/2004

Board May Remove Mullins Farm from Settlement District 07/14/2004

Toll Brothers Begins Work at Mullins Farm 06/04/2004

New Park Service Film Debuts at Chancellorsville — 06/03/2004

Toll Brothers Purchases Part of Mullins Farm — 04/02/2004

Chancellorsville Remains on Endangered List — 02/25/2004

Housing on horizon — 01/07/2004

Outer Connector Project Finally Dead? — 12/13/2003

Former President offers support for historic preservation — 11/28/2003

New faces win Spotsylvania — 11/5/2003

Growth dominates debate in Spotsylvania supervisor races — 10/26/2003

Army Corps approves Orrock Tract venture — 10/22/2003

Save Chancellorsville, federal panel urges — 07/22/2003

Mullins plans to proceed with development 07/20/2003

Council listens to critics of Mullins Project — 07/02/2003

Independent group plans Mullins farm hearing06/28/2003

Dogwood supporter Dunn announces candidacy — 06/17/2003

Mullins plan to develop battlefield advances — 06/04/2003

County Administrator Barrett resigns top post — 06/04/2003

Mullins battle goes on — 5/29/2003

Court to hear suits challenging Spotsylvania downzoning — 04/26/2003

Dogwood opponent seeking full term on Spotsy board — 04/25/2003

There will be no Town of Chancellorsville — 03/26/2003

No question about horror of May 1, 1863 — 03/23/2003

Showdown over Town — 03/23/2003

Spotsylvania supervisors are upset over survey — 02/28/2003

Survey seems suspect — 02/24/2003

'Gods and Generals,' opens to sold out crowd — 2/22/2003

Chancellorsville developer once declared bankruptcy — 2/15/2003

PAC formed to nudge supervisors — 2/13/2003

Local battlefields make endangered list — 02/12/2003

'Gods and Generals' Features Chancellorsville, other Fredericksburg-area battlefields — 02/02/2003

Hap Connors Focuses on County's Future — 01/29/2003

Selection humbles Connors — 01/17/2003

Board taps Connors — 01/15/2003

Foes hope green bows will red-light Chancellorsville — 12/20/2002

Board requests probe — 12/11/2002

Project's impact at issue — 12/05/2002

Filmmaker Ken Burns visits MWC Tuesday — 12/01/2002

Resignation roils Spotsylvania — 11/30/2002

Lenwell quits board — 11/27/2002

Noble gesture — 11/17/2002

Town vote will wait for Hagan — 11/13/2002

Spotsy Railroad? — 11/08/2002

Town's foes castigate panel for speedy 'yea' vote — 11/08/2002

Panel endorses 'Town' plan — 11/07/2002

Planners Send Chancellorsville Plan to Supervisors — 11/07/2002

Hagan new Courtland supervisor — 11/06/2002

Meeting tonight on proposed town of Chancellorsville — 11/06/2002

Public gets chance to comment on Chancellorsville project — 11/03/2002

Bobs battling for supervisor seat — 11/02/2002

Spotsylvania envisions asphalt where autumn colors glow — 10/23/2002

Parkeing brake — 10/22/2002

Chancellor forum is frustrating — 10/18/2002

Chancellorsville development going before the public again — 10/16/2002

Why not bypass history? — 10/11/2002

Battlefield preservation gets legislative boost — 10/05/2002

234-home Spotsylvania plan has unusual proffer — 10/04/2002

Don't rush decision on fate of Mullins Farm — 10/04/2002

A plan to build and preserve — 09/28/2002

Dogwood cuts size of town — 09/28/2002

Developer increases incentives — 09/27/2002

Spotsylvania project would preserve historic land — 09/27/2002

'I can't allow this to become Anywhere, USA' — 09/23/2002

Chancellorsville site is just the place for town — 09/22/2002

Site of Confederacy's finest hour must be saved from developer- 09/22/2002

Town would be 'ground zero' for future boom — 09/22/2002

Will drought slow growth? — 09/18/2002

Keeping growth from drying up — 09/15/2002

Preservation group vows to fight — 09/09/2002

Growth now gets attention — 09/02/2002

'Town' draws crowd — 08/30/2002

Meeting Set On Controversial Development — 08/29/2002

Spotsylvanians pan town plan — 08/29/2002

Session set on Chancellorsville — 08/27/2002

Rallying for a cause — 08/01/2002

Park neighbor: 2,350 homes — 06/25/2002

Connector could be born again — 06/06/2002

Trust trying to save battle site at Ashley Farms — 12/04/2001

Developer to purchase historic 781-acre tract — 12/01/2001

Outer connector route cuts close to Civil War battlefield — 10/18/2001

Battlefields Trust still interested in Mullin's Tract — 10/05/2001

Historic Spotsylvania farm for sale — 10/04/2001

Connector choices narrowed — 09/20/2001




Norfolk Virginian Pilot:

The New Chancellorsville Battle — 01/06/2003


Richmond Times Dispatch:

Preservation 'victory' saves battlefield acres 09/15/2004

Outer Connector beltway 'pretty much dead' — 01/22/2004

Saving Civil War sites from suburban sprawl — 11/16/2003

Preservation has economic value — 11/16/2003

Council urges Chancellorsville analysis — 07/22/2003

Battle-Site Plan: Public Hearing Set 06/27/2003

Chancellorsville housing plan routed — 03/26/2003

Housing plan's fate still unsettled — 03/23/2003

Hope for Battlefield Site — 12/30/2002

Planning Group Backs Chancellorsville Plan — 11/08/2002

Effort Launched to Save Battle Site — 08/01/2002

Civil War Battlefields at Risk, Group Says — 02/27/2002


Civil War site eyed for a subdivision — 08/01/2002


Developer's plans run into Stonewall — 07/31/2002


WJLA-TV Channel 7 (Washington, D.C.):

New Fight Taking Shape at Civil War Site — 06/01/2003



   

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