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Save the Trevilian Station Battlefield
The Largest All-Cavalry Battle of the Civil War Gets One of the
Largest Donation Matches Ever
I am sure - especially in this economy - that you are well aware of
the phrase, "Getting the biggest bang for your buck."
civilwar.org/trevilianstation09
Today, at the Trevilian Station Civil War battlefield, will you help
me turn every $1 into an astounding $112? Talk about a "twenty-pounder
Parrott-gun-ribcage-rattling-roar" for your buck!
Here quickly are the particulars of this exciting, important
opportunity:
* Acreage: 253 Acres
* Location: Louisa County, Virginia
* Total Cost: $1,677,000
* CWPT Commitment: $15,000
* CWPT Donation Match: $112 to $1
* Match Sources: Landowner donation, Commonwealth of Virginia
View our Save Trevilian Station Appeal online:
civilwar.org/trevilianstation09
Maps, history articles, photos, and more
June 11 and 12, 1864: The Battle of Trevilian Station was the largest
all-cavalry battle of the Civil War.
The casualty rate for two days of fighting in scorching heat was 60
percent higher than at Brandy Station, fought a year earlier.
Union Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer and his command of
Michigan troopers, at one point finding themselves completely
surrounded, were saved only through luck and hard fighting, surviving
what historian Eric Wittenburg has called "Custer's First Last Stand."
And the victory won there by Confederate Major General Wade Hampton
prevented Union General Phil Sheridan from making a strategic link
with forces in the Shenandoah Valley, which could have forced Lee out
of his Petersburg / Richmond defenses, possibly ending the war by
Christmas 1864.
With your help and contributions we now have the opportunity to add
another 253 acres of the Trevilian Station battlefield to the saved
column!
Sincerely Yours,
Jim Lighthizer
President
*****
More than 25,000 Acres Saved!
*****
Civil War Preservation Trust
1331 H Street N.W., Suite 1001, Washington D.C. 20005
Phone (202) 367-1861
www.civilwar.org
Save the Trevilian Station Battlefield
The Largest All-Cavalry Battle of the Civil War Gets One of the
Largest Donation Matches Ever
I am sure - especially in this economy - that you are well aware of
the phrase, "Getting the biggest bang for your buck."
civilwar.org/trevilianstation09
Today, at the Trevilian Station Civil War battlefield, will you help
me turn every $1 into an astounding $112? Talk about a "twenty-pounder
Parrott-gun-ribcage-rattling-roar" for your buck!
Here quickly are the particulars of this exciting, important
opportunity:
* Acreage: 253 Acres
* Location: Louisa County, Virginia
* Total Cost: $1,677,000
* CWPT Commitment: $15,000
* CWPT Donation Match: $112 to $1
* Match Sources: Landowner donation, Commonwealth of Virginia
View our Save Trevilian Station Appeal online:
civilwar.org/trevilianstation09
Maps, history articles, photos, and more
June 11 and 12, 1864: The Battle of Trevilian Station was the largest
all-cavalry battle of the Civil War.
The casualty rate for two days of fighting in scorching heat was 60
percent higher than at Brandy Station, fought a year earlier.
Union Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer and his command of
Michigan troopers, at one point finding themselves completely
surrounded, were saved only through luck and hard fighting, surviving
what historian Eric Wittenburg has called "Custer's First Last Stand."
And the victory won there by Confederate Major General Wade Hampton
prevented Union General Phil Sheridan from making a strategic link
with forces in the Shenandoah Valley, which could have forced Lee out
of his Petersburg / Richmond defenses, possibly ending the war by
Christmas 1864.
With your help and contributions we now have the opportunity to add
another 253 acres of the Trevilian Station battlefield to the saved
column!
Sincerely Yours,
Jim Lighthizer
President
*****
More than 25,000 Acres Saved!
*****
Civil War Preservation Trust
1331 H Street N.W., Suite 1001, Washington D.C. 20005
Phone (202) 367-1861
www.civilwar.org
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