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A sign was erected Sunday and dedicated to commemorate the purchase and preservation of two properties totaling 2.2 acres on the site of the 1862 Battle of Shepherdstown.
The properties are contiguous to the historic Cement Mill property that was saved and preserved in 2011.
In late 2011, the Civil War Trust purchased 18 acres of the Cement Mill property, and in late 2013, another small parcel, contiguous to the Cement Mill property, was purchased. Early this year, the CWT purchased another property contiguous to the Cement Mill property.
All the properties were deeded to the Jefferson County Historic Landmarks Commission. Ultimately, the HLC intends to donate the parcels to the National Park Service.
A conservation easement has been placed on the properties, and they have been included in the National Register of Historic Places.
The total cost of the land purchases was $536,000. The funds to complete the recent purchases came from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, administered by the NPS; Save Historic Antietam Foundation Inc.; and the Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association Inc.
All the properties purchased by the CWT are contiguous to 59 acres already saved through the use of conservation easements. In total, 104 acres of the core of the site of the Battle of Shepherdstown have been saved and preserved.
The effort has been the result of the work of the Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association Inc. and its individual members.
SBPA is a nonprofit corporation, organized in 2004 and dedicated to saving and preserving the core of the site of the Battle of Shepherdstown.
Almost $1.2 million has been raised through grants and membership contributions over the last 10 years.
To learn more about the battlefield and the SBPA, go to www.battleofshepherdstown.org.
The properties are contiguous to the historic Cement Mill property that was saved and preserved in 2011.
In late 2011, the Civil War Trust purchased 18 acres of the Cement Mill property, and in late 2013, another small parcel, contiguous to the Cement Mill property, was purchased. Early this year, the CWT purchased another property contiguous to the Cement Mill property.
All the properties were deeded to the Jefferson County Historic Landmarks Commission. Ultimately, the HLC intends to donate the parcels to the National Park Service.
A conservation easement has been placed on the properties, and they have been included in the National Register of Historic Places.
The total cost of the land purchases was $536,000. The funds to complete the recent purchases came from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, administered by the NPS; Save Historic Antietam Foundation Inc.; and the Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association Inc.
All the properties purchased by the CWT are contiguous to 59 acres already saved through the use of conservation easements. In total, 104 acres of the core of the site of the Battle of Shepherdstown have been saved and preserved.
The effort has been the result of the work of the Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association Inc. and its individual members.
SBPA is a nonprofit corporation, organized in 2004 and dedicated to saving and preserving the core of the site of the Battle of Shepherdstown.
Almost $1.2 million has been raised through grants and membership contributions over the last 10 years.
To learn more about the battlefield and the SBPA, go to www.battleofshepherdstown.org.
