Sesquicentennial may be last chance to preserve Civil War battlefields, USNPS director declares
“The sesquicentennial of the American Civil War provides what may be the last great opportunity for our nation to save significant portions of battlefields from the war,” National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis said in late September.
With that startling statement, he announced nearly $2.5 million in NPS grants to acquire lands at eight Civil War battlefields. “We are pleased,” he said, “to provide funding that will assist in the permanent preservation and protection of these hallowed grounds.”