Preservation Efforts
The Brandy Station Foundation (BSF) was formed to protect the Brandy Station Battlefield from development. According to Clark B. Hall, "a small group of citizens came together over coffee in a little home situated just south of the Rappahannock River in eastern Culpeper County, Virginia". Over time the organization grew to over 400 members and has been the cornerstone of efforts to save the battlefield from attempts to turn it into an office park, and a racetrack, as well as preserving the historic building known as Graffiti House. In 1990, the National Park Service completed mapping of historic resources at Brandy Station and recommended preservation of 1,262 acres (5.1 km²) at four separate engagement areas.
In 2008, the Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT) began work on a 23-acre (93,000 m2) preservation campaign atop Fleetwood Hill at the Brandy Station battlefield. Later in 2008 the CWPT acquired a second tract of 26 acres (110,000 m2) on Fleetwood Hill. The CWPT has worked to save 973 acres (3.94 km2) at the Brandy Station battlefield since its inception.
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