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The American Battlefield Trust’s award-winning magazine, Hallowed Ground, is published quarterly. Filled with stunning photography, urgent news, and in-depth articles by some of America’s leading historians, Hallowed Ground is a must-read publication for history enthusiasts everywhere.

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Colorized image of Ulysses S Grant at Cold Harbor

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They Called Grant a Butcher. But can a butcher have regrets?

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Andrew Jackson: Old Hickory - Adored and Despised

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William Henry Harrison: Tippecanoe and Political Spin Too

Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze

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Audacity! George Washington and the Crucial Days that Saved the American Revolution

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Article Forward March through the Past	Feature When the Devil Dogs Take the Field
Feature The Evolution and History of Staff Rides	Civil War Feature The Civil War in Hampton Roads: Fort Wool
Civil War Feature The Civil War in Hampton Roads: Fort Monroe	War of 1812 Feature The Decision at Craney Island
Rev War Feature Fix Bayonets: The Revolution’s Climactic Assault at Yorktown	Preservation Thirty Years of Memories
Civil War Preservation Success Stories: The Harris Farm, Spotsylvania Court House	Civil War Feature Certain Death
Civil War Feature Bloody Horror of Upton’s Charge	Civil War History Spotsylvania Court House: Hell Defined
Preservation Champion William C. Howell	Article Found: Robert Gould Shaw’s Fort Wagner Sword Discovered
Feature Petersburg Breakthrough: Breaking Through to the Other Side	Rev War Feature Battle of Brandywine: Proving the Patriots’ Mettle
War of 1812 Feature Bladensburg: Before the British Could Torch the Capital of the United States...	Gallery 30 Images of the Trust’s 30 years
Preservation Timeline Timeline: 30 Years of Battlefield Preservation	Preservation Three Decades in the Trenches of Battlefield Preservation
Preservation Champion Jeff McKinney	Rev War Feature Lost Battlefield: The Disastrous Battle for New York
Rev War Feature The Liberty Trail: The Southern Campaigns of the Revolutionary War	Civil War Article Artifacts From Lee’s Headquarters Find Permanent Homes
Civil War Feature Nobody Gets Through	Civil War Article Lost Battlefield: The Battlefield of Yellow Tavern, Virginia
Civil War Preservation Support Builds for State Park	Civil War History Shades of Blue and Gray
Civil War History "So doth history repeat itself"	Civil War History Lost Battlefields of Atlanta
Civil War Preservation Champion Bruce C. Gottwald