American Battlefield Trust, Williamsburg, Va.-- Part 2: The 'Bloody Ravine'

WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA

69 acres saved

In the first pitched battle of the Peninsula Campaign, nearly 41,000 Federals and 32,000 Confederates clashed in the mud and poring rain at Williamsburg on May 5, 1862.

The Trust is working to save an additional 29 acres of this largely unprotected battlefield, including action around the famous "Bloody Ravine."  Of course, with the current Confederate hatred going on in the state, preserving these acres for posterity looms even more important.

Full page photo by Robert James.

Thanks, Trust.  --Old Secesh