Prepared for the

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate
Committee on Natural Resources, United States House of Representatives
The Secretary of the Interior

By the Staff of the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission
c/o National Park Service
P.O. Box 37127
Washington, DC 20013-7127

1993
 
 

Table of Contents

Foreword

Introduction

• Commission Activities
• The Commission's Approach

Which are the Nation's Principal Civil War Battlefields?

• How Many Sites Are There?
• How Significant Are the Sites?
• Where Are the Sites?
• What Was Considered a Site?
• How Large Are the Sites?
• Who Owns the Sites?
• In What Condition Are the Sites?
• How Many Battlefields Are Threatened?

• Current Laws and Public Programs to Protect Battlefields
• Battlefields Protected as Parks
• Other Historic Designations
• Battlefield Interpretation
• Public and Private Preservation Partnerships
• How Many Battlefields are Protected Now?

• Government Leadership
• Preservation Priorities
• Private Sector Preservation
• Preservation and Local Jurisdictions
• Public and Private Funding
• Technical Support and Educational Programs

• Immediate Action Needs

• 1. Profile of the Principal Civil War Battlefields
• 2. Civil War Battlefields in Each State
• 3. Civil War Battlefields at National Parks
• 4. Major Campaigns and Interpretive Themes Not Represented in the National Park System
• 5. Civil War Battlefields at State Parks
• 6. Summary of Civil War Battlefield Preservation Priorities
• 7. Civil War Battlefields Listed by Preservation Priorities

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