National Cemeteries
The Civil War In4 Minutes
Don Pfanz, one of the founders of the American Battlefield Trust, explore why national cemeteries were established after the Civil War, the process of recovering and transporting soldiers’ remains from battlefields to their final resting places, and the enduring traditions that connect these sacred landscapes to national cemeteries across the country today.
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Save Five Parcels at Four Civil War battlefields
The Trust saved its first acre at Cedar Mountain decades ago, and we’re not finished yet. Today we can save five parcels totaling more than 340 acres...
Related Battles
Battle Facts
Stafford and Spotsylvania, VA | December 11, 1862
Result: Confederate Victory
Estimated Casualties
18,500
Union
12,500
12,500
Confed.
6,000
6,000
