Press Release Civil War Trust to Preserve Battle of Cool Spring land

For more information, contact:
Mary Koik, Civil War Trust, (202) 367-1861 x7231
Emily Burner, Shenandoah University, (540) 545-7334

MEDIA ADVISORY:
VIRGINIA OFFICIALS JOIN CIVIL WAR TRUST AND SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY FOR BATTLEFIELD PRESERVATION ANNOUNCEMENT

(Bluemont, Va.) – On Tuesday, April 23, 2013, officials from the Civil War Trust, Shenandoah University and the Commonwealth of Virginia will gather in Clarke County to announce a public-private partnership to preserve historic landscapes associated with the July 1864 Battle of Cool Spring.


Following the news conference, guests will have an opportunity to learn about the Battle of Cool Spring and the unique ecological and environmental properties of the newly preserved land. Light refreshments will be provided inside the clubhouse. In the event of inclement weather, the news conference will be held indoors.

WHAT: News conference announcing preservation efforts in Clarke County

WHO: Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources Doug Domenech, Virginia Director of Historic Resources Kathleen Kilpatrick, Clarke County Board of Supervisors Chairman Michael Hobert, Civil War Trust and Shenandoah University officials

WHEN: April 23, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. ET

WHERE: Former Virginia National Golf Course, 1400 Parker Lane, Bluemont, VA 20135

The Civil War Trust is the largest nonprofit battlefield preservation organization in the United States. Its goal is to preserve our nation’s endangered Civil War sites and to promote appreciation of these hallowed grounds through education and heritage tourism. To date, the Trust has preserved more than 35,000 acres of battlefield land in 20 states. Learn more at www.civilwar.org, the home of the Civil War sesquicentennial.

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The PBS show American Experience has been broadcasting Death and the Civil War over the last week. The good people there were kind enough to send along a DVD review copy that I have been able to watch. Overall I was quite impressed.

Taking its inspiration from Drew Gilpin Fausts excellent book This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War (Vintage Civil War Library)this is a show that anybody interested in the Civil War should take the two hours needed to watch. While not breaking any new academic ground viewers can see photos of and hear the horror of the war. Despite early hopes this was not to be a quick event. With over 700,000 dead nearly every family in the country was affected.

Narration is broken up several ways. The main narrator is Oliver Platt and his voice lends a solemnity to the show befitting the subject. Letter excerpts are read by several others including Amy Madigan. Every documentary like this will have its share of "talking heads" and this one is no exception. Dr. Faust of course plays a main role. Others, such as George Will, J. David Hacker, and Vincent Brown may or may not be known by viewers. I personally found the contribution by David Blight a highlight. I came to know of him after downloading a course of his from the Apple University site and find him to be an engaging speaker. I have not read any of his books so I can say what I feel about those however. Another surprisingly interesting speaker was Thomas Lynch. Lynch is an undertaker by trade but also an author of note. You can read an interesting, but older, interview with him here.

The video portion of the program is really quite haunting. The photos used are a nice mix of well known and those I have not seen before. The lighting of the whole program is done in such a manner as to constantly remind the viewer of the seriousness of the subject. The background music for the program should be payed attention to. It helps set the mood but at no point is it overwhelming. I was not familiar with the name Brian Keane until searching out the music credits here. He is however quite well known and has scored numerous films and documentaries and has won multiple major awards.

Overall the program is broken into six major subjects including: dying, burying, naming, believing and doubting, accounting, and remembering. A major question that is asked by the program is if its citizens are expected to make the ultimate sacrifice (death) for the government what does the government owe to its citizens who make this sacrifice. At the time of the war neither government was able or ready to answer this. Out of the war however came improved medical care including the formation of an ambulance service, an improved ability and desire to remove soldiers remains from the field and to identify them thus giving families closure, and with the formation of national cemeteries soldiers and their families are able to give a proper burial to their brave men (and now women).

Again, while not breaking any new ground this is a show I can highly recommend. The images and subject are likely to stick with you for quite a while after watching this. Be sure to check your local PBS station for times or watch it online at your convenience.

Thanks go out to the good folks at Sterling Publishing for sending along a copy of their wonderful looking new book The Civil War in Color: A Photographic Reenactment of the War Between the States.

The author John C. Guntzelman has taken photos from the Library of Congress and as he says "These photos are no longer just dusty old pictures, but rather have become very real moments in time from our collective past, frozen forever in color."

Guntzelman has undertaken extensive research to try and make the colors as accurate as possible. He has really worked to get things such as uniform color, building colors appropriate to the era, hair and eye color of famous generals and many more details correct. While there is much to be said for the traditional Civil War era photos being in black and white this new book does look incredible at a first glance. With an introduction written by Bob Zeller, President of The Center for Civil War Photography this book looks like it has a lot of promise. I am looking forward to digging in!