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Tennessee Civil War Preservation Association (TCWPA) President Steve McDaniel announced the Friends of Shiloh National Military Park and Franklins Charge would receive TCWPA's 2006 Challenge Grant awards. TCWPA has awarded $12,000 for the preservation of two tracts near the entrance to Shiloh National Military Park and $5,000 for the Battle of Franklin property adjacent to the historic Carnton Plantation. At each location, dollars will be matched dollar for dollar, doubling the donated dollars for each effort.
According to McDaniel, much of this money was raised at "Campfires on the Cumberland," a recent twilight event held on the Bicentennial Mall below the historic State Capitol. "We appreciate the many volunteers, especially the Civil War re-enactors, who worked so hard to make this kick-off of our 2006 – 2007 fundraising campaign so unique, and so successful. We also appreciate the many donors from across Tennessee whose participation made these latest grants possible. Our mission to preserve the Volunteer State's many threatened battlefields by the war's 150th anniversary is a daunting task, but the commitment demonstrated by these Civil War advocates gives us hope we can achieve even more in the future."
TCWPA's award to the Friends of Shiloh will assist in the purchase of two battlefield tracts. The left wing of Brig. Gen. Patrick Cleburne's brigade marched across one of these pieces of land during the battle's early stages on April 6, 1862, while the other tract sits in the middle of eight pre-battle Union campsites, just north of Grant's Last Line.
Preservation of the two sites will rely on a partnership between the Association, the Friends, the national Civil War Preservation Trust, and the two willing sellers. TCWPA has committed to assist the local Friends group in raising the remainder of the needed funds. The ultimate goal is to incorporate both pieces of land within the boundary of Shiloh National Military Park. Although Shiloh has the reputation as one of the nation's best preserved battlefields, park officials note several key "missing pieces" on the edges of Shiloh Hill are critical to the long term protection of one of the Civil War's most significant battlefields.
TCWPA's award to Franklins Charge will support the 2005 acquisition of property along Lewisburg Pike and adjacent to historic Carnton Plantation. The property is part of the eastern flank of the Battle of Franklin. This land is the killing zone Maj. General W.W. Loring's Confederate division crossed under fire from multiple Union batteries and advanced infantry on the final approach to the Federal works on the fateful afternoon of November 30, 1864. The former golf course land lies within the core battlefield area identified in The National Parks Service's "Profiles of America's Most Threatened Civil War Battlefields" study of 1993 (revised 1998). The property now constitutes the largest, single remaining undeveloped track of core battlefield left at Franklin. Franklin's Charge is a nonprofit organization of representatives from all of the existing preservation and conservation organizations in Franklin and Williamson County, Tennessee, and state and national preservation groups who share the vision for a battlefield park in Franklin. As a partner with Franklins Charge, TCWPA is helping save and reclaim one of the nation's most important Civil War battlefields.
Last year, TCWPA granted funds for preservation of three Tennessee Civil War battlefields: Shy's Hill (Battle of Nashville), Franklin, and Davis Bridge.
TCWPA is a statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of Tennessee's Civil War battlefield sites. For more information, please visit www.tcwpa.org or write to TCWPA, Post Office Box 148535, Nashville, TN 37214.
According to McDaniel, much of this money was raised at "Campfires on the Cumberland," a recent twilight event held on the Bicentennial Mall below the historic State Capitol. "We appreciate the many volunteers, especially the Civil War re-enactors, who worked so hard to make this kick-off of our 2006 – 2007 fundraising campaign so unique, and so successful. We also appreciate the many donors from across Tennessee whose participation made these latest grants possible. Our mission to preserve the Volunteer State's many threatened battlefields by the war's 150th anniversary is a daunting task, but the commitment demonstrated by these Civil War advocates gives us hope we can achieve even more in the future."
TCWPA's award to the Friends of Shiloh will assist in the purchase of two battlefield tracts. The left wing of Brig. Gen. Patrick Cleburne's brigade marched across one of these pieces of land during the battle's early stages on April 6, 1862, while the other tract sits in the middle of eight pre-battle Union campsites, just north of Grant's Last Line.
Preservation of the two sites will rely on a partnership between the Association, the Friends, the national Civil War Preservation Trust, and the two willing sellers. TCWPA has committed to assist the local Friends group in raising the remainder of the needed funds. The ultimate goal is to incorporate both pieces of land within the boundary of Shiloh National Military Park. Although Shiloh has the reputation as one of the nation's best preserved battlefields, park officials note several key "missing pieces" on the edges of Shiloh Hill are critical to the long term protection of one of the Civil War's most significant battlefields.
TCWPA's award to Franklins Charge will support the 2005 acquisition of property along Lewisburg Pike and adjacent to historic Carnton Plantation. The property is part of the eastern flank of the Battle of Franklin. This land is the killing zone Maj. General W.W. Loring's Confederate division crossed under fire from multiple Union batteries and advanced infantry on the final approach to the Federal works on the fateful afternoon of November 30, 1864. The former golf course land lies within the core battlefield area identified in The National Parks Service's "Profiles of America's Most Threatened Civil War Battlefields" study of 1993 (revised 1998). The property now constitutes the largest, single remaining undeveloped track of core battlefield left at Franklin. Franklin's Charge is a nonprofit organization of representatives from all of the existing preservation and conservation organizations in Franklin and Williamson County, Tennessee, and state and national preservation groups who share the vision for a battlefield park in Franklin. As a partner with Franklins Charge, TCWPA is helping save and reclaim one of the nation's most important Civil War battlefields.
Last year, TCWPA granted funds for preservation of three Tennessee Civil War battlefields: Shy's Hill (Battle of Nashville), Franklin, and Davis Bridge.
TCWPA is a statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of Tennessee's Civil War battlefield sites. For more information, please visit www.tcwpa.org or write to TCWPA, Post Office Box 148535, Nashville, TN 37214.