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

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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

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...

Opportunity

Protect 239 Acres at Todd’s Tavern & Globe Tavern in Virginia

Today, you and I have a special opportunity to save three tracts of land—141 acres of irreplaceable battlefield land that was once the site of both an...

AVAR participants in the field at Saratoga

Opportunity

Help Enrich Battle Understanding Through Archaeology

Battlefield archaeology is essential to improving our understanding of past conflicts. Where historians see only inexact written references to...

Culp's Hill at Gettysburg National Military Park, Pa.

Civil War | Opportunity

Protect Five Key Acres at Gettysburg

We need your help today so that we can protect these 5 key acres of battlefield land at Gettysburg. The first is a four-acre tract of land near Culp’s...

A trail leads through a cornfield at Cold Harbor Battlefield

Civil War | Opportunity

Save 99 Endangered Acres at Gaines’ Mill and Cold Harbor

Make a gift today to help protect 99 acres of land that comprise “The Intersection” of the Battles of Gaines’ Mill and Cold Harbor plus 51 acres where...

The sun setting over the Chattanooga Battlefield. Trees silhouetted in the foreground.

Civil War | Opportunity

Help Protect 407 Acres Across Four Sacred Battlefields

Please make your most generous gift today to help us raise $307,450 and save 407 critical acres of land in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Tennessee...