I developed a fervent interest in the Civil War as a child when Life magazine published a series on the centennial. I have continued to read avidly and broadened my interest in the conflict by touring many of the battlefields with my wife.
The CWT offers me an extremely gratifying way of saving this part of our country's history by increasing the number and acreage of preserved battlefields and preventing the threat of encroaching development. Their success in leveraging additional funding to match members' contributions has accentuated the battlefields saved and subsequently the War's legacy for all of us.