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Lia
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Sep 01, 2014 01:29AM
Living in the Md., DC, Va. area is great and gives me a host of battlefields to choose from but what really raises my ire is their destruction like the Ox Hill battlefield which had been reduced to a few statues in over-developed Fairfax, VA. Any others you guys know about?
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Lia wrote: "Living in the Md., DC, Va. area is great and gives me a host of battlefields to choose from but what really raises my ire is their destruction like the Ox Hill battlefield which had been reduced to..."There are far too many, that's why I work with --
http://www.civilwar.org/
It is rated Four Stars by CharityNavigator.
Manray9 wrote: "Lia wrote: "Living in the Md., DC, Va. area is great and gives me a host of battlefields to choose from but what really raises my ire is their destruction like the Ox Hill battlefield which had bee..."Civil War Trust is a great organization. Their website (which Manray9 shared) has a lot of great info about preservation threats and general info on the Civil War. I'd highly recommend working with or supporting CWT if you are concerned about destruction of historic battlefields.
Along these lines, I have
Battlefield: Farming a Civil War Battleground which should be an interesting account of dealing with the issue in the present.
I have visited almost every battlefield in the eastern U.S. It is a shame what's been done (or not done) at Chantilly.
For a non American it's sad to hear that suburban creep is starting to destroy some of your military history.
Thanks y'all! It's a great time to start visiting but a lot of private visitor centers close up in October so I'll get on it!
Sarah wrote: "Manray9 wrote: "Lia wrote: "Living in the Md., DC, Va. area is great and gives me a host of battlefields to choose from but what really raises my ire is their destruction like the Ox Hill battlefie..."The site has great battlefield maps. Downloadable too.
Thanks Manray! I'm a Marylander but Rockville not Baltimore. Though I was born in DC.
Lia wrote: "And lived in No. Va for 13 years!"I lived in Woodbridge for two years.
I was in Arlington. Gazed at Lee's house.
Lia wrote: "I was in Arlington. Gazed at Lee's house."I was a stone's throw from the site of Leesylvania -- the childhood home of "Light-Horse" Harry Lee.
