The Golden Age of Battlefield Preservation
The Decade of the 1890's and the Establishment of America's First Five Military Parks
Parcs nationaux
Missouri, history
Tennessee, history
Maryland, history
Battlefields
Führer
Sezessionskrieg
National parks and reserves, united states
Conservation et restauration
National parks and reserves
Cultural Policy
Conservation and restoration
Politique gouvernementale
Historia
Government policy
History
The 1890s, argues Timothy B. Smith in his new book, represented the climax of battlefield preservation in America. But what makes this decade so important? This decade was the perfect time for the establishment of these national parks. Five Civil War battlegrounds—at Gettysburg, Chickamauga and Chat…
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