Description

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The story of how private citizens headlined the efforts to preserve American Civil War Battlefields

Over the course of thirty years, a good idea and hardwork of dedicated history lovers evolved into a movement that has saved more than 45,000 acres of historical land from developers - more than 70 square mile of American Revolutionary, War of 1812 and Civil War battlefields. 

About the Author

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Bob Zeller is a writer, historian and journalist who has written or co-authored over 19 books primarily on Civil War photography and motorsports.  He is the co-founder and prsident of the, "Center for Civil War Photography" (www.civilwarphotography.org) and editor of its journal, Battlefield Photographer.  He and his wife live at Lake Norman, North Carolina.