A dramatic sky colors the historic landscape near the Watt House on the Gaines' Mill battlefield outside Richmond. The battlefield, parts of which are preserved within Richmond National Battlefield Park, witnessed what may have been the largest infantry charge of the Civil War, on June 27, 1862.
A dramatic sky colors the historic landscape near the Watt House on the Gaines' Mill battlefield outside Richmond. The battlefield, parts of which are preserved within Richmond National Battlefield Park, witnessed what may have been the largest infantry charge of the Civil War, on June 27, 1862.
Buddy Secor

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Together, we have saved more than 63,000 acres of battlefield land in 25 states, including historic properties at Antietam, Bentonville, Chancellorsville, Chattanooga, Gettysburg, Manassas, Princeton, Shiloh, Vicksburg, Wilson’s Creek, the Wilderness and more. Celebrate our recent victories.

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