This is a photograph of three cannons amidst a misty battlefield.

Buddy Secor

Save Battlefields

Battlefields are part of our national heritage, scenes of struggle and sacrifice where American soldiers lost their lives. The American Battlefield Trust is working to preserve these “hallowed grounds,” as Abraham Lincoln called them, so that future generations can learn from them and can learn to appreciate their hard-won freedom.

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Featured Opportunities

A foggy sunrise at Jackson Flank Attack, Chancellorsville Battlefield

Civil War | Opportunity

Save 45 Historic Acres at the Battle of Chancellorsville

We have the chance to preserve three crucial tracts that will help preserve forever 45 more acres of the Chancellorsville Battlefield. And if you...

Civil War | Opportunity

Help Preserve 311 Acres at Four Historic Battlefields

Four Civil War battlefield sites made up of 311 acres where four legendary Confederate and Union Generals fought are threatened with development. We...

Rev War | Opportunity

Help Preserve 64 Acres at Three Revolutionary War Sites

We can save 64 acres of priceless Revolutionary War battlefield sites — together having a total transaction value of $2,115,500 — for only $47,650...

Photograph of United States Colored Troops at Port Hudson, Louisiana

Opportunity

Support Outdoor Classrooms at Seven Key Battlefields

Sharing history that is inclusive of all perspectives is a critical component of our mission to preserve America’s hallowed battlegrounds and educate...

Civil War | Opportunity

Save Slaughter Pen Farm

Way back in 2006, battlefield preservationists went above and beyond to save the Slaughter Pen Farm from industrial development with an investment of...

Cannons and a split-rail fence on the Cedar Mountain Battlefield

Opportunity

Save 48 Acres at Cedar Mountain & Cedar Creek Forever

Combined, these 48 acres of hallowed ground at Cedar Creek and Cedar Mountain in Virginia have a transaction value of $939,153 — nearly $1 million...