U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
PDF of: Guidelines for Identifying, Evaluating, and Registering America's Historic Battlefields (18 MB)
Photo credit: This monument commemorates the memory of the Confederate and Union soldiers who fought at Brices Cross Roads, Mississippi, on June 10, 1864. Brices Cross Roads is the site where Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forest defeated the larger Union force of Gen. S.D. Sturgis, thereby continuing to theaten the Union lines of communication during Gen. Sherman's Atlanta campaign. (Photo by National Park Service) TABLE OF CONTENTS A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON BATTLEFIELD PRESERVATION WHY BATTLEFIELDS HAVE BEEN PRESERVED THE STATUS OF BATTLEFIELD PRESERVATION GUIDELINES FOR IDENTIFYING, EVALUATING, AND REGISTERING BATTLEFIELDS |
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