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.

Support battlefield land preservation today!

Featured Opportunities

Gaines' Mill Battlefield, Hanover County, Va.

Civil War | Opportunity

Phase Three of Gaines’ Mill-Cold Harbor Saved Forever Campaign

Please help us at we begin working on Phase Three to save 45 acres that we’re calling “The Juncture at Griffin’s Woods” along with 12 additional acres...

Two cannons sit side-by-side with a radiant sunrise in the background at Chancellorsville Battlefield

Civil War | Opportunity

Help Protect 52 Threatened Acres in Virginia, Georgia and Mississippi

We need your help in saving pieces of three battlefields at three separate sites: Chancellorsville in Virginia, Gilgal Church in Georgia, and Corinth...

A photograph of the Buffington Island Battlefield

Civil War | Opportunity

Help Preserve 117 Acres at Buffington Island

This 117-acre tract in Meigs County, Ohio, is threatened by residential development and nearby mining that would encroach on the battlefield and...

Cannons at Manassas National Battlefield Park, Va.

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Help Save 52 Hallowed Acres at Three Virginia Battlefields

Join us in protecting these 52 prime acres where young men fought and died for our country and freedom from big-tech companies with billions to spend.

Civil War | Opportunity

Save 170 Threatened Acres at Lookout Mountain, Mill Springs and Fort DeRussy

Please donate to support these critical preservation efforts today. With just one gift, you can help preserve three sites, in three states, from three...

A lift clears rubble at a Trust restoration project in Gettyburg, Pa. Little round Top is seen in the background.

Civil War | Opportunity

Help Restore Three Sites to Their Wartime Appearance

These crucial and necessary restoration projects at Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Harpers Ferry are not only sizeable, but we are required to complete...