Profile of the Principal Civil War Battlefields
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GENERAL:
Principal campaigns & operations
34 17 39 26 1 114
Principal battlefields
160 30 118 75 1 384
States with battlefields
6 4 14 10 1 265
Battlefields in MSA's3
67 22 38 24 0 151
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MILITARY SIGNIFICANCE:
Class A (decisive impact on campaign and course of war)
21 3 16 5 0 45
Class B (direct influence on course of campaign)
51 8 31 14 0 104
Class C (observable influence on course of campaign)
52 7 42 26 1 128
Class D (achieved important local objectives)
36 12 29 30 0 107
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DESIGNATIONS and PROTECTION:
National Historic Landmarks (note 4)
12 3 10 1 0 26
National Register of Historic Places4
25 10 32 17 0 84
Battlefields all or part in National Park system
34 9 12 3 0 58
Battlefields partly in state park systems
8 3 11 15 0 37
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OWNERSHIP:
Public
8 1 5 2 0 16
Private
85 10 40 29 0 164
Mixed
59 19 69 39 1 187
Unknown
8 0 4 5 0 17
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CONDITION:
Good
62 7 39 20 1 129
Fair
43 9 24 30 0 106
Poor
28 6 21 9 0 64
Lost
21 8 30 12 0 71
Unknown
6 0 4 4 0 14
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THREATS:
High
38 3 27 6 0 74
Moderate
34 6 30 17 0 87
Low
60 13 27 35 1 136
Not Applicable or Unknown
28 8 34 17 0 87
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PRESERVATION RISKS -- CLASS A BATTLEFIELDS:6
Good/Fair Condition & High/Moderate Threats
11 1 7 1 0 20
Good/Fair Condition & Low Threats
6 1 3 3 0 13
Poor Condition & High/Moderate Threats
3 0 3 0 0 6
Poor Condition & Low Threats
0 1 0 0 0 1
Lost
1 0 3 1 0 5
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PRESERVATION RISKS, CLASS B BATTLEFIELDS: (note 6)
Good/Fair Condition & High/Moderate Threats
15 1 10 4 0 30
Good/Fair Condition & Low Threats
17 4 7 6 0 34
Poor Condition & High/Moderate Threats
12 2 2 2 0 18
Poor Condition & Low Threats
0 0 0 0 0 0
Lost
7 1 11 1 0 20
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PRESERVATION RISKS, CLASS C BATTLEFIELDS:
Good/Fair Condition & High/Moderate Threats
14 1 14 6 0 35
Good/Fair Condition & Low Threats
20 4 12 13 1 50
Poor Condition & High/Moderate Threats
8 2 8 1 0 19
Poor Condition & Low Threats
0 0 0 0 0 0
Lost
6 0 7 4 0 17
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PRESERVATION RISKS, CLASS D BATTLEFIELDS:
Good/Fair Condition & High/Moderate Threats
7 2 6 4 0 19
Good/Fair Condition & Low Threats
14 2 4 12 0 32
Poor Condition & High/Moderate Threats
2 0 7 5 0 14
Poor Condition & Low Threats
3 1 1 1 0 6
Lost
7 7 9 6 0 29
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PRESERVATION RISKS, ALL BATTLEFIELDS:
Good/Fair Condition & High/Moderate Threats
47 5 37 15 0 104
Good/Fair Condition & Low Threats
57 11 26 34 1 129
Poor Condition & High/Moderate Threats
25 4 20 8 0 57
Poor Condition & Low Threats
3 2 1 1 0 7
Lost
21 8 30 12 0 71
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NOTES:
1. Source is Commission research.
2. States in each theater of operations. Main Eastern: District of Columbia; Maryland; North Carolina; Pennsylvania; Virginia; West Virginia. Lower Seaboard/Gulf Approach: Alabama; Florida; Georgia; Louisiana; South Carolina. Main Western: Alabama; Arkansas; Georgia; Indiana; Kentucky; Louisiana; Mississippi; Missouri; North Carolina; Ohio; South Carolina; Tennessee; Virginia. Trans-Mississippi: Arkansas; Colorado; Kansas; Louisiana; Missouri; Montana; New Mexico; North Dakota; Oklahoma; Texas. Pacific Coast: Idaho.
3. MSA = Metropolitan Statistical Area (U.S. Bureau of the Census).
4. Listings and designated acreage often do not reflect current historical research.
5. Numbers do not add to 26 because some states were in more than one theater of operations.
6. Risk totals do not add to 384 because of missing information for 16 sites.
Creation Date: 3/28/95
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