Beleaguered Battlefields

• Atlanta, Ga.

• Bentonville, NC

• Chancellorsville, Va.

• Corinth, Miss.

• Franklin, Tenn.

• Gaines’ Mill/Cold Harbor, Va.

• Gettysburg, Pa.

• Harpers Ferry, WV

• Richmond, Ky.

• Stones River, Tenn.

These sites were chosen because of their location, military significance and the immediacy of current threats. The trust based its selections on a study by the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission that prioritized sites according to significance and state of preservation. Read about each site’s history and current status at <www.civilwar.org/topten2002/introduction.htm>.

From the August 2002 issue of Family Tree Magazine