What is the condition of Civil War battlefields today? National Geographic magazine addresses and

that question. And gives a distressing answer. ^

 

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The National Geographic writer reports how disturbing it was to find. That some Civil War

battlefields were next to convenience stores. For example, part of the land involved in the 1863

Battle of Chancellorsville rested under a Hardee’s. Also under a Chick-fil-A and a grocery store.

Yet other parts of the Chancellorsville battlefield look much the same. As they did in 1863. The

writer explains that in many cases Congress does not provide sufficient money to buy a whole

battlefield for historic preservation. As a result, commercial development occurring on land once

considered sacred.

National Geographic not the first to sound the alarm. The Civil War Sites Advisory

Commission reported in 1993 on 384 principal Civil War battlefields. At the time, the

commissioners concluded that more than a third of the 384 were already lost to modern

development or close to being lost. In fact, predicted that the number lost might soon grow to

two-thirds. Although private organizations are trying to preserve what remains. Raising enough

money and public awareness remains a challenging task.

In another development, a project is under way to use technology to increase tourism to

some battlefields and other Civil War sites. More public interest in the Civil War because of the

150th anniversary of the events. Working in cooperation with the National Park Service, a private-

sector company named Civil War Traveler making available more than two dozen podcast tours

of battlefields and other sites. Downloadable for free at the iTunes store.

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