CWPT Top Ten List

[K Bartsch]

All,
The Civil War Preservation Trust's 2004 annual list of the nation's ten most endangered Civil War battlefield's was published today.

To read the report "America's Most Endangered Battlefields" check out:

http://www.civilwar.org/PressReleases/PressDetail.asp?lngPressID=46

If you are not a member of the CWPT, you simply can't be serious about Civil war battlefield preservation. Please join now. www.civilwar.org

Cordially,

[Matthew.Rector]

Thought I'd give the run down here for a quick reference:

CWPT's 2004 top ten endangered battlefields cited in the report:

Chancellorsville, Virginia
Fort Donelson, Tennessee
Franklin, Tennessee
Glendale, Virginia
“The Hell Hole” (Pickett’s Mill, New Hope Church and Dallas), Georgia
Mansfield, Louisiana
Morris Island, South Carolina
New Bern, North Carolina
South Mountain, Maryland
Wilson’s Creek, Missouri

The At Risk battlefields:

Appomattox, Virginia
Brown's Mill, Georgia
Champion Hill, Mississippi
Day's Gap, Alabama
Gaines' Mill/Cold Harbor, Virginia
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Glorieta, New Mexico
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Helena, Arkansas
Munfordville, Kentucky
Port Republic, Virginia
Reed's Bridge, Arkansas
Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
Wyse Fork, North Carolina

[marlin teat]

This article is in today's issue of the Atlanta Journal - Constitution:

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/0204/25battlefields.html

It's primarily about the Pickett's Mill, New Hope Church, and Dallas efforts.

[JimKindred]

I was glad to see that Corinth didn't make the list again. Folks around here have been working pretty hard on this and it is starting to pay off. Corinth doesn't receive a lot of air time on the various boards and is often over looked. This summer a large NPS vistors center and museum will open here near the Battery Robinette site.