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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