American Battlefield Trust | Preserving Hallowed Battlegrounds

Buddy Secor

Help Save Fredericksburg Battlefield

There are just a few weeks left before the end of the year, and we have a 12/31 deadline to raise $100,000 to preserve twice-hallowed battlefield lands in Fredericksburg.

Frenemies in Arms

Our latest edition of Head-Tilting History explore how friendship, loyalty and an ill-fated trip to a brothel affected the outcome of the Civil War.

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Zoey Rosst

Help Save 11 Acres – Nearly Untouched – at Gettysburg!

You can save this land, including the same groves of trees that sheltered troops as the fighting raged near Seminary Ridge on the first day of Gettysburg.

Library of Congress

Discover New Orleans: A City Forged by Conflict

From the climactic Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 to its critical involvement in the Civil War, the latest issue of Hallowed Ground issue delves into the Crescent City's storied military history.

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Chancellorsville Battlefield, Va.

Help save nearly 64 acres of hallowed ground at four battlefields in Virginia, where development pressures are at an all-time high.

Saratoga National Historical Park, N.Y.

We are excited to announce that more than 25 acres of hallowed ground now belongs to the American people — all thanks to you!

Celebrate This Victory

This Day in History

January 1

1735

January 1

1745

January 1

1752

January 1

1863

January 2

1777

January 2

1861

January 2

1863

January 3

1777

January 4

1822

January 4

1830

January 5

1779

January 5

1815

January 6

1759

January 7

1718

January 8

1815

January 8

1815

January 8

1821

January 8

1914

January 9

1863

January 10

1776

January 10

1862

January 11

1843

January 11

1863

January 12

1777

January 13

1865

January 14

1741

January 15

1865

January 16

1843

January 17

1781

January 18

1813

January 18

1862

January 19

1862

January 21

1738

January 22

1863

January 23

1813

January 24

1733

January 26

1816

January 27

1778

January 27

1788

January 28

1828

January 29

1756

January 29

1843

January 30

1797

January 31

1864

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