Money to buy a farm where the Battle of Fredericksburg took place
The Central Virginia Battlefields Trust has made a major financial commitment in the effort to purchase a Spotsylvania County farm that played a key role in the Battle of Fredericksburg.
The local preservation group that has saved hundreds of acres of important Civil War land here over the past decade has pledged $1 million toward the $12 million purchase price, said Mike Stevens, CVBT president.
In March, the Washington-based Civil War Preservation Trust announced that it would launch a national fundraising campaign to purchase the 205-acre Pierson farm. The land, known during the war as Slaughter Pen, is on Tidewater Trail just east of Shannon Airport.
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The local preservation group that has saved hundreds of acres of important Civil War land here over the past decade has pledged $1 million toward the $12 million purchase price, said Mike Stevens, CVBT president.
In March, the Washington-based Civil War Preservation Trust announced that it would launch a national fundraising campaign to purchase the 205-acre Pierson farm. The land, known during the war as Slaughter Pen, is on Tidewater Trail just east of Shannon Airport.