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Saturday, December 10, 2022

Land at Battle of Sherpherdstown to Be Preserved

This article is of particular interest to me since I wrote a lot about this little-known battle earlier in the year. 

From the November 25, 2022, Shepherdstown Chronicle 'Save the Battlefield':  Civil War location to be preserved, thanks to National Park Service grant" by Tabitha Johnston.

Last Friday, the National Park Service announced that it would be awarding a $1.9 million American Battlefield Protection Program Battlefield Land Acquisition  Grant to the Jefferson County Historic Landmarks Commission, so the organization can use it to preserve more than 200 acres of the Civil War battlefield.

According to  Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association  President Michael  Nickerson, the preservation of a 121-acre farm has been the recent focus of his organization's Save the Battlefield campaign.

Great News.  --Old Secesh


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