Today, our Civil War battlefields are being destroyed at an alarming rate. Hallowed ground, where more than 600,000 Americans gave their lives, is being paved over for shopping malls and housing tracts. The same land upon which our nation was formed--where our ancestors fought and died--is being consumed by fast food restaurants, amusement parks, and other forms of urban sprawl.
Nearly 20 percent of America’s Civil War battlefields have already been destroyed—denied forever to future generations. Of those that remain, only 15 percent are protected by the Federal government.