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  CAN BATTLEFIELDS BE BETTER PROTECTED?
Battlefield land owners need better incentives and opportunities to be effective stewards of their historic land through being able to keep the land, care for its historic elements, and provide opportunities to people to view the historic landscape.
Once battlefield lands are securely in private ownership and their historic features are stabilized or maintained by the owner, there is a need from time to time for public access to see and enjoy the historic site.
The Commission's inventory documentation will be compiled in suitable formats and be made available to state and local governments over the coming months by the NPS American Battlefield Protection Program; the ABPP also plans to continue to enlarge and refine this inventory data.
www.cr.nps.gov /hps/abpp/cwsac/cws5.html   (6451 words)

  
 A GIS-Based Model for Battlefield Preservation Planning
First, on the battlefield itself the amount of mounted interpretive materials is severely limited by the need for maintaining the integrity of the historic landscape.
Battlefields with high threat are class I if military importance is higher (A or B ratings), class II if military importance is lower (C or D ratings).
The Commission also found that the battlefield was highly fragmented, had poor integrity, and therefore it was placed in priority Class IV.1, the next to the lowest of the fourteen classes.
civilwar.gatech.edu /papers/acsp98   (4215 words)

  
 Dedication of Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park
The Commission at this meeting authorized the Chairman to employ a, competent engineer to aid and assist in the preparation of the map of the battlefield, showing the most important points in this, one of the fiercest and most decisive battles waged on West Virginia soil during the Civil War.
Your Commission further reports that the Chairman caused to he made a map of the said battlefield, showing the location of the battle lines and position of the different units engaged therein, as well as much other valuable information, which plat is filed herewith and made part of this report.
Your Commission further reports that Hills Creek, rising at the base of some high mountains, west of Droop Mountain, sinks and passes under Droop Mountain, near the middle of the battlefield, then emerges at the eastern edge where it is called Locust Creek.
www.wvculture.org /HISTORY/parks/droopmountain03.html   (1252 words)

  
 NJDARM: Archives Collection Guides: Department of Defense, Adjutant General's Office, Records relating to the New ...
The law also directed the governor to appoint a three-man commission (the Gettysburg Battlefield Commission of New Jersey) with the purpose of determining the style and number of monuments.
The commission was also authorized to call on (and pay up to $300) one surviving officer from each regiment and battery engaged in the battle to accurately locate the lines and positions of the New Jersey men.
The commission in charge of the dedication of the monuments included Governor Green, Adjutant General William S. Stryker, Honorable Edward J. Anderson (Comptroller of the Treasury), and the members of the Locating, Erecting, and Inscribing Commission.
www.state.nj.us /state/darm/links/guides/sdea0011.html   (990 words)

  
 Civil War Sites Advisory Commission Report on the Nation's Civil War Battlefields, Technical Volume II: Battle Summaries
The 15-member Commission, appointed by Congress and by the Secretary of the Interior, was asked to identify the nation’s historically significant Civil War sites; determine their relative importance; determine their condition; assess threats to their integrity; and recommend alternatives for preserving and interpreting them.
This Technical Volume is meant to serve as a quick reference to the historical context and significance of the 384 principal battlefields that the Commission included in its report to Congress.
A designation made by the Commission based on the level of historical significance, the integrity of the remaining battlefield features, and the level of threat to the battlefield’s existence.
www.cr.nps.gov /hps/abpp/battles/tvii.htm   (1885 words)

  
 The Winchester Star-Battlefield Clusters Preferred Option for Valley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
According to a commission press release, the commission believes the alternative will generate the greatest degree of local participation in the program while distributing the economic benefits of tourism evenly throughout the district.
Cedar Creek Battlefield is the area’s only battlefield with national historic landmarkstatus, and the National Park Service could one day establish it as a new national park, according to National Park Service Project Coordinator Jeffrey Reinbold.
Alternative C is Exploration, through which visitors would be encouraged to explore the battlefields and the district on their own, with small Civil War orientation centers developed at each battlefield.
www.winchesterstar.com /TheWinchesterStar/000426/Area_battle.asp   (719 words)

  
 Welcome to the Plains of Abraham
The Battlefields Park, which groups together the Plains of Abraham and the Des Braves Park, was developed to honour the memory of both French and British combatants.
In addition to this epic, the National Battlefields Commission will set in motion a whole calendar of events to mark the year 2008, with its renewed opportunities of glamorously celebrating one of the most prestigious parks in the world.
And, for those who would like to mark an event dear to their hearts, the Commission is launching its commemorative donations program, which give an opportunity to finance the planting of a tree or the making of a prestigious bench.
www.ccbn-nbc.gc.ca /_en   (1422 words)

  
 Hughes Granite & Marble Company - 72nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Monument   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In December 1900, the Hughes Granite and Marble Company was selected by the Ohio Shiloh Battlefield Commission to create 34 monuments, one for each Ohio unit that fought at the Battle of Shiloh.
This commission was authorized by the state of Ohio to select and place monuments for Ohio's Civil War soldiers who fought in the campaign and siege of Vicksburg.
Impressed with the design and quality of workmanship of the monuments at Shiloh, the Vicksburg commission voted to dispense with a competition and award the contract for Ohio monuments at Vicksburg to the Hughes Granite and Marble Company.
www.sandusky-county-scrapbook.net /HughesGranite/72nd_Mon.htm   (543 words)

  
 Shiloh National Military Park - Park Administration and History
A National Military Park commission consisting of both Union and Confederate “Battle of Shiloh” veterans, working under the supervision and direction the Secretary of War, handled the affairs of establishing the park, acquiring title to battlefield lands, and adequately marking the field to tell the Shiloh story.
Battlefield features – Preserve, maintain or restore the historical roads, fields, woods, and topography to reflect the area’s general appearance during the Battle of Shiloh.
The 1894 Shiloh NMP Act provided that title to battlefield lands could be acquired by the Secretary of War under either an act to authorize the condemnation of land for site of public buildings (August 1, 1888) or under “an act to establish and protect national cemeteries” (February 27, 1867).
www.nps.gov /shil/admlpp.htm   (11430 words)

  
 Work of the Commission
Local citizens took the initiative in 1993 to preserve the artifacts of Claude Gentry 's log cabin museum and preserve and interpret the battlefield where Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest defeated Union troops on June 10, 1864.
The Board of Aldermen appointed the museum commission to help move ahead with plans to preserve the donation.
The group hoped its efforts would secure a part of their local history that is connected to one of the most significant battles in the Civil War.
www.bricescrossroads.com /commission.htm   (933 words)

  
 Congressman Frank R. Wolf
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-VA-10) announced that increased funding for the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic Commission was included in the FY 2001 Department of Interior appropriations bill approved today by the House Appropriations Committee.
Wolf, a member of the Appropriations Committee, said he believes this funding will allow the commission staff, with the support of the National Park Service, to prepare for the implementation of the commission's recommended plan.
The Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District Commission has been at work to develop a plan to protect and promote 10 significant Civil War battlefields, including Stonewall Jackson's campaign of 1862 and Union General Philip Sheridan's campaign of 1864.
www.house.gov /wolf/news/2000/05-25-Battlefields_Commission.html   (325 words)

  
 Kernstown Battlefield Association News
On Saturday, July 22nd, the Kernstown Battlefield Association recognized the 136th anniversary of the Second Battle of Kernstown with an open house at the battlefield.
Many of these visitors donated monies for the purchase of the battlefield and the event was deemed a success by all.
One of the earliest, and largest commitments of financial support for the KBA's purchase of the Kernstown BAttlefield property was fulfilled recently by the welcome donation of $5,000 from the Simpson History Center and the Austin Texas Civil War Roundtable.
www.kernstownbattle.org /page5.htm   (1451 words)

  
 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department: An Inventory of Parks and Wildlife Commission Meeting Files at the Texas State ...
The Parks and Wildlife Department is governed by the Parks and Wildlife Commission, initially composed of three members, increased to six members in 1972, and as of 1983, nine members, appointed by the Governor with approval of the Senate.
The Commission chairperson is appointed biennially by the Governor.
The commission also operated fish hatcheries and sanctuaries, administered game and hunting preserves, supervised oyster beds in the state, controlled and exterminated predatory animals and fish, and educated the public in the preservation of wildlife and fish and game resources of the state.
www.lib.utexas.edu /taro/tslac/20146/20146-P.html   (2288 words)

  
 PA State Archives-RG-25-Series Descriptions-Special Commissions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The commission was created to commerate the 125th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address; provide for the House of Representatives' participation in the events at Gettysburg on November 19, 1988; and to declare November 19, 1988 as a "Day of Rededication" in the Commonwealth.
Final report of the Gettysburg Fiftieth Anniversary Commission issued on December 31, 1913.  Information provided is names of members of the Commission and detailed description of the planning and execution of the Fiftieth Anniversary commemoration that resulted in the first reunion of both Confederate and Union veterans at Gettysburg.
Correspondence primarily of Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Director S. Stevens with Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission Executive Director William E. Baringer and Chairman John Sherman Cooper among others relating to activities connected with the Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission.  Included is a postcard depicting “Lincoln in Sapphire.
www.phmc.state.pa.us /bah/dam/rg/sd/r25sd1.htm   (2521 words)

  
 Battle of Fallen Timbers - The Toledo Metroparks - The Battlefield Today
The Battle of Fallen Timbers was one of four major engagements during the “Indian Wars” period of 1790-1795 and is regarded as one of the most significant US military actions in the period between the Revolution and the War of 1812.
Preserving the Fallen Timbers Battlefield is important to commemorate and learn about military and social events that took place in the Maumee Valley that led directly to Ohio becoming a state.
The purposes of Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historic Site, according to the legislation, is to recognize, preserve and interpret U.S. military history and Native American culture between 1794 and 1813, and to create links between three separate historic places:
www.fallentimbersbattlefield.com /today.asp   (756 words)

  
 German Swords
This is a C.E. (Carl Eickhorn Solingen) maker marked Damascus steel Marine Infantry officer's sword with an engraved presentation 1916 for a Battlefield Commission applied to the blade.
This is an extremely rare presentation sword, presented by the 2nd Marine-Infantry Division (later known as Marine-Infanterie Flandern) to First Sergeant Günsch on the occasion of his battlefield commission to Offiziers-Stellvertreter (possibly Leutnant) for his actions during the Battle of Flanders at the St. Eloi Craters on 29 March 1916.
The 30-1/4 inch blade is fancy pattern weld Damascus with wide rounded spine running 19 inches from the hilt and continuing the length of the blade to the tip.
www.snyderstreasures.com /pages/germanswords.htm   (1926 words)

  
 60 Rare Civil War Maps of Maryland at USHistoricalArchive.com
Very detailed anonymous and undated map of the battlefield indicating roads and lanes, drainage, houses, names of residents, grass fields, stubble, corn fields, plowed fields, rock outcrops, rail, post and rail, stone, and pailing fences, "fence[s], kind unknown," hay stacks, and woodland.
Map of the battlefield of Antietam with the locations of monuments erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to the 3rd, 4th, 7th, 8th regiments of infantry, Pennsylvania Reserve Corps Prepared for Antietam Battlefield Commission of Pennsylvania.
Map of the battlefield of Antietam with the locations of monuments erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Prepared for the Antietam Battlefield Memorial Commission.
www.ushistoricalarchive.com /cds/civil-md.html   (3673 words)

  
 Battle of Fallen Timbers/Dispatch 03-29-98
A bayonet charge, however, drove the Indians from the battlefield, which from then on was known as Fallen Timbers.
The commission will use the money to produce a video designed to help raise money to buy the battlefield.
At least several million more dollars must be raised, if Toledo and the battlefield commission can agree on a price.
www.heidelberg.edu /FallenTimbers/PressArchives/FTDispatch03-29-98.html   (396 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Report of the Michigan Andersonville Monument Commission on erection of monument at Andersonville, Ga. Lansing [Mich.] R. Smith Printing Co., 1905.
Proceedings incident to the dedication of the Michigan monument upon the battlefield of Gettysburg, June 12th, 1889 together with a full report of the monument commission, and a detailed statement of the work committed to and performed by it, with the proceedings at the various regimental reunions.
Monuments commission for the Battlefields of Gettysburg and Chattanooga.
clarke.cmich.edu /civilwar/cwpublished/monuments.htm   (149 words)

  
 djournal.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Brices Crossroads National Battlefield Commission plans to host the re-enactment biennially.
The city of Baldwyn created the commission to preserve a historical gift from one of its citizens, but joins with the National Park Service and battlefield commission to "heighten awareness to the public about Brices Crossroads," Carpenter said.
Civil War tourism's economic benefit to communities was affirmed earlier this year in a report by the Civil War Preservation Trust, which included Brices Crossroads and 12 other sites in its study.
www.djournal.com /pages/story.asp?ID=194779&pub=1&div=News   (344 words)

  
 Fort Branch Home Page
Upon completion, the fort was named Fort Branch in honor of General Lawrence O'Brian Branch, a local hero who'd been killed on a Maryland battlefield.
To join the fight for Fort Branch, send your contributions to the Fort Branch Battlefield Commission, Post Office Box 355, Hamilton, North Carolina 27840.
     The Fort Branch Battlefield Commission wishes to thank the ECU Regional Development institute, Al Critcher, Annette Murray, Greer Bowen, Beth Landi, The Martin County Travel and Tourism Authority, and the Martin County Chamber of Commerce for making this brochure possible.
www.geocities.com /Athens/3644/Fbranch.html   (469 words)

  
 Old South Blacksmith’s in the News
Walt Smith, vice president of the Averasboro Battlefield Commission, said organizers hope to make the weekend an annual event, in addition to the spring anniversary, to promote history and interest in preserving a battlefield where about 1,400 men died or were wounded.
The N.C. Department of Transportation awarded the group a $423,570 grant to buy, move and repair parts of the Oak Grove house, which was built in 1793 and became a field hospital during the Civil War.
The house is being purchased by the Averasboro Battlefield Commission and will be moved to their property.
www.oldsouthblacksmiths.com /news/news.htm   (1246 words)

  
 Clarke Historical Library-Battlefields
Illinois at Shiloh; report of the Shiloh battlefield commission and ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected to mark the positions of the Illinois commands engaged in the battle; the story of the battle, by Stanley Waterloo.
King, William C., 1853- Camp-fire sketches and battlefield echoes of the rebellion / compiled by W.C. King and W.P. Derby.
Lyle, William W., 1825- Lights and shadows of army life : or, Pen pictures from the battlefield, the camp, and the hospital.
clarke.cmich.edu /civilwar/cwpublished/battlefiel.htm   (427 words)

  
 US CODE--TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
Vacancies occurring in commissions in charge of parks not to be filled.
Report of completion of acquisition of land and work of commission; superintendent of park.
Receipt of report of commission by Secretary of the Interior; acquisition of land for battlefield; other duties of Secretary.
www.access.gpo.gov /uscode/title16/chapter1_subchapterlx_.html   (380 words)

  
 Battle of Fallen Timbers/Pauken Remarks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Johnson for the fine introduction, and thank you to the Commission for inviting me to share my perspectives with all of you on the importance of designating the site of the Battle of Fallen Timbers as a national park affiliated area.
It was Mike Pratt and 120 volunteers, the persistence of Walter Edelen, along with funding from the councils of the cities of Maumee and Toledo, who made the archaeological investigation such a rousing success.
And it was the cooperative effort of Toledo Area Metroparks, the Maumee Valley Historical Society, the Ohio Historical Society, the Fallen Timbers Battlefield Commission, TMACOG, and the personal involvement of Director Roger Kennedy of NPS who have brought us to this point.
www.heidelberg.edu /offices/chma/fallen-timbers/FTPauken.html   (889 words)

  
 The City of Fort Smith : Massard Prairie Civil War Battlefield Park Advisory Commission   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Massard Prairie Civil War Battlefield Park Commission works to develop the park once it is developed, and to direct any and all efforts in promoting the historic significance of the park.
The commission consists of 7 persons who are appointed by the mayor.
The initial members shall serve one, two, and three-year terms; thereafter, members shall serve three year terms.
www.fsark.com /government/commissions/process.php?id=312   (96 words)

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