Activities
While the Georgia Battlefields newsletter provides monthly updates on our activities, here are some of the things we've done over the past few years.
- Donated $5,000 to and advised Kolb Farm Coalition on how to save historic property.
- Participated as a stakeholder in the Chickamauga National Military Park Transportation Study.
- Worked with other preservation organizations to install historical
markers.
- Organized Civil War site tours led by Ed Bearss, America's premier historic guide.
- Led tours of Atlanta area sites for civic groups.
- Presented history and preservation lectures for local civic groups, such as Heritage Sandy Springs, Perimeter Adult Learning & Services, and Senior Enriched Living Services.
- Attended Georgia House of Representatives Committee meeting in support of legislation to prevent disturbance of archaeological sites.
- Testified before Georgia Senate study committee on Electric Transmission Line location.
- Provided volunteer staff at Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT) annual conferences.
- Hosted visit to Georgia by CWPT's director of real estate.
- Successfully nominated Georgia sites for CWPT's annual list of most endangered sites.
- Monitored status of threatened sites.
- Owned and maintained 4 acres of battlefield property near New Hope Church.
- Published monthly newsletter relating to preservation of Georgia's Civil War sites.
- Provided expertise to other preservation groups and news media.
- Helped Grant Park Conservancy apply for American Battlefield Protection Program grant to restore Fort Walker.
- Sent letter to Smyrna City Council to advocate preservation of Shoupade fortification.
- Located reenactor group for Jonesboro commemoration.
Presentations on Georgia's Civil War history and sites
Georgia Battlefields Association can provide slide presentations on the following topics:
- Andrews' Raid (The Great Locomotive Chase)
- Chickamauga and Chattanooga
- Atlanta Campaign: Rocky Face Ridge to Resaca
- Atlanta Campaign: Resaca to Cassville
- Atlanta Campaign: Cassville to New Hope Church, Pickett's Mill, and Dallas
- Atlanta Campaign: Kolb's Farm, Kennesaw Mountain, Smyrna, and the River Line
- Atlanta Campaign: Crossing the Chattahoochee and the Change of Command
- Atlanta Campaign: Peachtree Creek and Atlanta
- Atlanta Campaign: Cavalry Raids, Ezra Church, Utoy Creek, Jonesboro, Fall of Atlanta
- Two "Quiet" Months: Sherman's Occupation of Atlanta and Pursuit of Hood
- The March to the Sea: Atlanta to Milledgeville
- The March to the Sea: Milledgeville to Savannah
- Jefferson Davis's flight from Virginia to Georgia
- Wilson's Raid through Alabama and Georgia
- Current Condition of Civil War Sites near Atlanta and elsewhere in Georgia
Our partners
Here's a partial list of other organizations with which we've cooperated over the past few years.
Links to other Georgia sites of interest
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