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Of the forty-five Civil War Battles that the National Park Service
lists as "Decisive," only about half have been preserved by the
Park Service. The Federal Government's preservation efforts have
made tiny, out-of-the-way places that shouldn't be known outside
the county in which they are located into sacred names in the
American psyche: Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Petersburg,
Manassas, Antietam, Spotsylvania, and Shiloh. Many of the other
battles, no less important, weren't so lucky in the allotment of
federal dollars. Some of these other battlefields have been lost to
time or neglect or urbanization, but just as many have been
preserved by states, local governments, or preservation
organizations. These are the battlefields, along with other
landmarks, that Randy Denmon explores in The Forgotten Trail to
Appomattox. It is part military history, part travelogue, and part
personal insight, in the spirit of Bill Bryson's books, such as A
Walk in the Woods: it is both informative and entertaining.
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