Harris Farm

The Civil War devastated Central Virginia, where four major battles were fought within a fifteen-mile radius and caused more than 100,000 casualties. Portions of these battlefields are protected by the National Park Service, but development threatens significant areas, and less than ten percent of the Spotsylvania Court House Battlefield has been preserved. The Central Virginia Battlefields Trust is a non-profit land conservation organization dedicated to preserving Civil War battlefields and landmarks. Since its organization in 1996, it has been instrumental in saving more than 900 acres of battlefield land, much of it associated with the Battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, and Spotsylvania Court House. It has also preserved the memory and meaning of what unfolded on these crucial grounds, including a crucial piece of ground on the Wilderness Battlefield where thousands of soldiers marched down the Germanna Plank Road trace.

Virginia · United States