The Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT) has already saved 906 acres so this new 240 acres will bring the total to 1,146. Plus, the State of North Carolina has saved 334 acres. According to CWPT, this total makes Bentonville one of the best preserved battlefields in the nation.
Back on March 19-21, 1865, Confederate General Joseph "Old Joe" Johnston fought Union General William "Billy" Tecumseh Sherman in one last attempt to stop US progress across the Carolinas.
In addition, the purchase will set in motion an 18-month CWPT "North Carolina Legacy Campaign which will have a total of 455 acres saved at Bentonville and Wyse Fork Battlefield in Kinston.
In the Legacy Campaign there are thirteen different properties under contract or working on contract with a total cost of $2,206,700.
Bentonville is rated a Priority I.I, Class A by Congress which means it is one of the eleven most important pieces of hallowed ground in America that need to be urgently preserved.
Not Through Yet. --Old B-Runner
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