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CVBT PRESERVES A PORTION OF JACKSON'S FLANK ATTACK AT CHANCELLORSVILLE: The Good Guys win one, and need your help.......
On May 2, 1863, approximately three miles west of a crossroads called Chancellorsville, Stonewall Jackson launched a daring attack against Federal troops of the Union XI Corps. On February 23, 2004, more than 140 years later, the Central Virginia Battlefields Trust (CVBT) is positioned to save 16.37 acres of this hallowed ground, to preserve it forever. The physical setting is a portion of the Talley Farm ridge, just south of the old Orange Turnpike (State Route 3). The purchase price was $200,000.
Because of a closing deadline, two of CVBT's Board members stepped forward and acquired the property under an agreement to sell the land to CVBT at a later date for $200,000, a transaction which was carried out with the gratefully received assistance of The National Bank of Frederickburg.
CVBT's delay in purchasing the property arose from the possible opportunity to receive a $150,000 grant. As a condition to the grant, CVBT must raise $50,000 in matching funds, and hence we are calling on all who understand what this land means to us and to our country, calling on all who have stepped forward and supported CVBT in the past, to step forward once again and be willing to help out financially. With the grant, every dollar donated to CVBT will result in 4 dollars for the purchase. Of course, while we are optimistic about obtaining the grant, it is not a given and we may have to raise the $200,000 ourselves.
CVBT has always prided itself on being able to claim that donations are used to buy dirt and grass, not to pay staff. This tradition continues. Although the CVBT now has an executive director, those personnel costs are covered by funds donated for that specific purpose. Consequently, CVBT still claims, with some pride, that donations will continue to be used for dirt and grass.
But we must act now, while the grant funds are still available. Won't you please help us by sending as generous a contribution as you can?
You can send your donation to CVBT, Box 3417, Fredericksburg, VA 22402, or you can pay through our website, www.cvbt.org. However you do so, please be as generous as you can; together, we can assure that this hallowed ground is saved, forever and for all time.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email me. Thanks for continuing to stand with CVBT as we strive to preserve this hallowed ground!
Mike Stevens
President
On May 2, 1863, approximately three miles west of a crossroads called Chancellorsville, Stonewall Jackson launched a daring attack against Federal troops of the Union XI Corps. On February 23, 2004, more than 140 years later, the Central Virginia Battlefields Trust (CVBT) is positioned to save 16.37 acres of this hallowed ground, to preserve it forever. The physical setting is a portion of the Talley Farm ridge, just south of the old Orange Turnpike (State Route 3). The purchase price was $200,000.
Because of a closing deadline, two of CVBT's Board members stepped forward and acquired the property under an agreement to sell the land to CVBT at a later date for $200,000, a transaction which was carried out with the gratefully received assistance of The National Bank of Frederickburg.
CVBT's delay in purchasing the property arose from the possible opportunity to receive a $150,000 grant. As a condition to the grant, CVBT must raise $50,000 in matching funds, and hence we are calling on all who understand what this land means to us and to our country, calling on all who have stepped forward and supported CVBT in the past, to step forward once again and be willing to help out financially. With the grant, every dollar donated to CVBT will result in 4 dollars for the purchase. Of course, while we are optimistic about obtaining the grant, it is not a given and we may have to raise the $200,000 ourselves.
CVBT has always prided itself on being able to claim that donations are used to buy dirt and grass, not to pay staff. This tradition continues. Although the CVBT now has an executive director, those personnel costs are covered by funds donated for that specific purpose. Consequently, CVBT still claims, with some pride, that donations will continue to be used for dirt and grass.
But we must act now, while the grant funds are still available. Won't you please help us by sending as generous a contribution as you can?
You can send your donation to CVBT, Box 3417, Fredericksburg, VA 22402, or you can pay through our website, www.cvbt.org. However you do so, please be as generous as you can; together, we can assure that this hallowed ground is saved, forever and for all time.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email me. Thanks for continuing to stand with CVBT as we strive to preserve this hallowed ground!
Mike Stevens
President
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