Civil War Preservation Trust
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The Civil War Preservation Trust is a non-profit organization devoted to the preservation of American Civil War battlefields. The Trust, based in Washington, D.C., also promotes educational programs and heritage tourism initiatives to inform the public of the war's origins and history.
As of mid-2005, the Trust has protected 21,300 acres (86 km²) at 93 battlefield sites in 19 states. It publishes an annual report entitled History Under Siege: America's Most Endangered Civil War Battlefields. In 2005, the CWPT's ten most-endangered sites were:
- Bermuda Hundred, Virginia
- Franklin, Tennessee
- Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia
- Knoxville, Tennessee
- Manassas, Virginia
- Mansfield, Louisiana
- Morris Island, South Carolina
- Raymond, Mississippi
- Spotsylvania County, Virginia
- Wilson's Creek, Missouri
The CWPT was formed from the November 1999 merger of the Association for the Preservation of Civil War Sites and the Civil War Trust.
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