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American Battlefield Trust
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We've saved more than 61,000 acres of American battlefield land. Join us and save our hallowed ground!
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    American Battlefield Trust
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    Feb 1, 2023
    Did you know that throughout the first 100 years of our nation’s history, more than 200,000 Black soldiers fought to establish a more perfect union on the battlefield? Follow along as we celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth throughout the month of February!
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    Fighting for Freedom: The Role of Black Soldiers in America’s First Century
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    American Battlefield Trust
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    Aug 20, 2020
    It seems like Revolution had a draw for the young. As of July 4, 1776, these revolutionaries were barley scratching young adulthood. Marquis de Lafayette, 18 James Monroe, 18 Gilbert Stuart, 20 Aaron Burr, 20 Alexander Hamilton, 21 Betsy Ross, 24 James Madison, 25
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    American Battlefield Trust
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    Feb 3, 2021
    Abraham Lincoln was offered a herd of elephants to help in the Civil War effort #OnThisDay February 3rd, 1862, by the King of Siam. Lincoln diplomatically refused the offer of elephants for the US, citing the emergence of steam transportation and the wrong climate.
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    American Battlefield Trust
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    Sep 16, 2020
    It is our sad duty to announce the passing of beloved historian Ed Bearss, one of the legends of the battlefield preservation movement and a long-time member of the American Battlefield Trust board.
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    American Battlefield Trust
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    Jul 18, 2020
    William Carney was born into slavery in 1840, and escaped to Massachusetts via the Underground Railroad. Carney’s actions at Fort Wagner with the 54th Massachusetts earned him the nation’s highest honor, the Medal of Honor. battlefields.org/learn/biograph…
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    American Battlefield Trust
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    Feb 23, 2025
    Today, our mission faces unprecedented challenges. The historic grounds of Manassas National Battlefield Park and Wilderness Battlefield are under direct threat from large-scale developments, including data centers and mixed-use projects that would forever alter these sacred
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    American Battlefield Trust
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    Jul 6, 2019
    Over a million horses and mules were killed during the Civil War, dwarfing the number of soldiers who fell. The War Weary Horse monument in Middleburg, VA honors the sacrifice of these innocent creatures.
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    American Battlefield Trust
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    Jul 1, 2025
    The American Battlefield Trust’s Education Team is in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, for the 162nd anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg! For the next three days, they’ll be filming videos, exploring the battlefield, and highlighting lesser-known stories surrounding the fighting.
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    American Battlefield Trust
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    Sep 26, 2020
    “Civil war was not a mere strife for territory and dominion, but a contest of civilization against barbarism.” ―Frederick Douglass
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    American Battlefield Trust
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    Jul 8, 2018
    William Hutchings, aged 100 years, veteran of the Revolutionary War, photographed 1864.
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    American Battlefield Trust
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    Jan 19, 2025
    Robert E. Lee, General of the Confederate Army, was born #OnThisDay January 19, 1807. Prior to the Civil War, Lee served in the Corps of Engineers, was a colonel during the Mexican-American War, was Superintendent at West Point, and took a position in the United States Cavalry.
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    Robert E. Lee
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    American Battlefield Trust
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    Jul 23, 2025
    #OnThisDay July 23, 1885, Ulysses S. Grant died, surrounded by his family, in the parlor of an Adirondack cottage on the slope of Mount McGregor in New York. Today, visitors can tour the cottage and see the furnishings, decorations, and personal items as they were in 1885,
    Ulysses S. Grant Cottage State Historic Site
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    American Battlefield Trust
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    Jul 3, 2024
    Pickett's Charge, which occurred #OnThisDay, July 3, 1863, during the Battle of Gettysburg, was one of the most futile and bloody assaults of the Civil War, leaving a three-quarter-mile trail of casualties across the open fields.
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    “A Useless Sacrifice”
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    American Battlefield Trust
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    Jul 3, 2024
    #OnThisDay July 2, 1863, during the Battle of Gettysburg, on a boulder-strewn hillside in southern Pennsylvania, Union Col. Joshua L. Chamberlain led his 20th ME Regiment in the most famous counterattack of the Civil War, the defense of Little Round Top.
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    Defense of Little Round Top
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