Shenandoah Valley BATTLEFIELDS FOUNDATION

2012 ANNUAL REPORT

The Civil War Sesquicentennial With our regional mission and national reach, the Foundation has taken the lead in coordinating and promoting Sesquicentennial programs in the Valley, as well as presenting flagship events of our own...

“A Wind From the Mountains”: 150th Anniversary of ’s Valley Campaign, 1862-2012

From the beginning of the Sesquicentennial, the 150th Anniversary of Stonewall Jackson’s 1862 Valley Campaign was seen as a once-in- a-lifetime opportunity for the . During 2012, the Battlefields Foundation and its partners took full advantage, presenting a series of 40 programs that followed along with the historical events of the campaign, and in the paths of the armies that crisscrossed the Valley – giving each site its chance to shine. There were programs of all types, from large-scale reenactments to quiet memorials, focusing on the stories great and small. Eric Campell Tour

The commemoration was bookended by two major SVBF events, a March 3 conference, Perspectives on Stonewall Jackson’s Valley Campaign, and the closing event on June 9, “If This Valley is Lost”: Preserving the Legacy of Stonewall Jackson’s Valley Campaign. In between, visitors were able to “walk in the footsteps” of the campaign: the stone wall at First Kernstown, Jackson’s headquarters at Miller-Kite, Sitlington’s Hill at McDowell, the last Union stand at Front Royal, the path of the Louisiana Tigers at First Winchester, Bank’s Fort in Strasburg, ’s death site in Harrisonburg, the 8th New York’s repulse at Cross Keys, and the Coaling, where the campaign came to a furious climax at Port Republic. Tenth VA march (Photo: Andrew Thayer) The commemoration of the 1862 Valley Campaign was a resounding success. It not only helped build greater awareness of the historic events; it also built greater appreciation of the need to preserve that history for generations to come.

“If This Valley Is Lost”...Preserving the Legacy of Stonewall Jackson’s Valley Campaign The climactic event of the commemoration took place on June 9, when more than 500 guests from across the country gathered at the Widow Pence Farm on the Cross Keys Battlefield. Co-sponsored by SVBF and the Sesquicentennial Commission, “If This Valley is Lost” included a reception, barbecue dinner, period music, interpretation, living history, and youth activities, climaxing with a special commemorative program.

Speakers included Virginia Lt. Governor William Bolling, Speaker of the House (and chair of Virginia’s Sesquicentennial Commission) William Howell, Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources Doug Domenech, Director of the Virginia Department of Historic Resources Kathleen Kilpatrick, Closing Ceremony (Photo: Andrew Thayer) historian Jonathan Noyalas of Lord Fairfax Community College, and keynote speaker Dr. James I. Robertson, Emeritus Professor of History at Virginia Tech, who spoke about the impact of the Valley Campaign, and why it still resonates so powerfully today.

The event ended as the sun set behind the mountains, with a ceremony that included the SVBF’s Valley Voyagers marching to the main stage, Scott Christopher Murray performing “Oh Shenandoah” and “Let Us Cross over the River,” an honor guard salute, and the playing of “Taps” and “Tattoo” to honor the fallen. Battlefield Protection The federal legislation that created the National Historic District identifies ten Civil War battlefields to be preserved. The law and the District’s Management Plan mandate voluntary protection of these battlefields and the Valley’s other cultural and natural resources.

Parcels Protected by SVBF in 2012

Tom’s Brook parcel (1) 84 acres 2012 was a good year for SVBF’s land conservation program as we Toms Brook parcel (2) 77 acres continued to pivot away from federal appropriations for our land and Cross Keys parcel 83 acres conservation easement purchases. This year, almost half our funding Fisher’s Hill parcel 44 acres for conservation came from the Commonwealth of Virginia and private Total area protected: 288 acres sources. Three conservation easements were recorded by SVBF protecting 288 acres on three battlefields: Cross Keys, Fisher’s Hill, and Tom’s Brook.

The shift to state funding, necessitated by an absence of federal appropriations to SVBF for land acquisition since 2009, has been possible because of the creation of the Virginia Civil War Site Preservation Fund (VCWSPF) . The VCWSPF was established in 2006 for the purchase of fee simple interests in or conservation easements on Virginia battlefields listed in the Report on the Nation’s Civil War Battlefields, issued in 1993 by the Congressionally appointed Civil War Sites Advisory Commission.

When utilizing the VCWSPF, the Battlefields Foundation must provide at least $1 in non-state matching funds for each $1 received from the fund in the form of cash or the bargain sale or donation of land or interest therein made by the landowner.

SVBF has used grants from the fund save key parcels of land at Cedar Creek, Cross Keys, Fisher’s Hill, and Tom’s Brook, setting aside acreage that would otherwise be lost. Preserving these landscapes is crucial to providing today’s visitors and future generations an historical sense of place at sites where Union and Confederate soldiers fought in some of this nation’s bloodiest and most legendary battles. Photo: SVBF

In 2012 grants totaling $2.6 million were awarded by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, which determines the awards based on a rigorous evaluation process. Of this $300,000 was granted to SVBF that will help protect more than 500 acres at Port Republic. All totaled, the 2012 awards could result in the protection of more than 2,792 total acres associated with battles across the state.

The landscape that greeted Sheridan’s Army of the Valley as they approached Fisher’s Hill remains largely unchanged today, and will remain pristine as a result of conservation easements in the area acquired by SVBF in partnership with the Virginia Department of 4 Historic Resources. Core Battlefield Land in the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields NHD

Total Core Area (10 battlefields) 30,839 acres Retaining Integrity as of 2000 19,233 acres “By preserving battlefields through public and private partnerships, Protected as of 2000 2,124 acres we save hallowed ground and honor the Commonwealth’s past while Protected since 2000 3,094 acres we simultaneously make an investment in its future through heritage Lost since 2000 unknown tourism,” Governor McDonnell said in announcing the 2012 awards. Remaining to be Protected approx. 14,000 acres

All SVBF’s easements are co-held by primary partner our in battlefield preservation, the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. As co-holders of the conservation easements, SVBF and VDHR share responsibility with the landowners for seeing that the terms of the easements are upheld in perpetuity. The owners of the properties preserved in 2012 agreed through the easements to forgoing any future subdivision of their land. Almost all new construction is prohibited in the easements except for limited development of agricultural buildings.

“The Sesquicentennial of the Civil War offers Virginia an opportunity to pass forward a great legacy, namely the conservation of open space, natural resources, and historic hallowed ground of national significance through the protection of battlefields,” said Kathleen S. Kilpatrick, director of the Department of Historic Resources. “This year’s awards will allow

Photo: SVBF us to secure places with the power to connect us and future generations to the lessons of a defining period of our history. Time The landscape that greeted Custer’s flanking attack at is running out. Each year, battlefield lands are lost forever.” Tom’s Brook remainslargely unchanged today, and will remain pristine as a result ofconservation easements in the area acquired by SVBF in partnership with the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Milestones...

An important milestone for SVBF and our partners and predecessors was reached in 2012 as almost a quarter (23 percent) of the core area land on the 10 battlefields where SVBF focuses has been preserved, over 7,100 acres total. Almost as much land has been preserved on these battlefields in the last two decades as has been developed (9,500 acres) on the battlefields in the 150 years that have passed since the war.

Through our concerted efforts since 2000 we are beginning to achieve preservation on a landscape scale at a number of battlefields, protecting substantial acreage in concentrated areas that will truly enable future residents of the Valley and visitors to understand what happened on them. These include: • 1,623 acres at Cedar Creek, nearly half (44 percent) of the land in the Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Park; • 1,200 contiguous acres at McDowell; • 648 acres Tom’s Brook; • 610 contiguous acres at Third Winchester; and • 575 contiguous acres at New Market Our work is far from over, however. There are still more than 14,600 acres of core battlefield land at our primary sites that are unprotected but retain the integrity needed to convey the Valley’s Civil War story. Projects in SVBF’s preservation pipeline could see nearly 800 additional acres brought under protection in 2013.

5 Stewardship Preserving battlefields is more than purchasing land or conservation easements. Ensuring that these historic landscapes are well managed is essential. In its stewardship of its protected properties, the Battlefields Foundation employs conservation best management practices to protect its natural and cultural landscapes.

Since 2001, the Foundation has with its partners protected more than 6,000 acres of land on ten Shenandoah Valley battlefields. Most of that land remains in the same use as it was during the Civil War: agricultural production.

From the Huntsberry Farm at Third Winchester, to properties at Tom’s Brook, New Market, Cross Keys, and as far away as McDowell, the Battlefields Foundation has implemented conservation best management practices on its land to promote healthy farms, natural habitat, and better water quality, in addition to protecting the historic character of battlefield landscapes.

The Foundation’s stewardship work is accomplished through formulating partnerships and projects with agencies and organizations such as the Lord Fairfax Soil &Water Conservation District, the , USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the Virginia Departments of Historic Resources, Forestry, Game and Inland Fisheries, and many others.

Star Fort: Awakening a Silent Sentinel Since 2008, the Battlefields Foundation has been working hard to preserve Star Fort, an imperiled Civil War era fort in Winchester, Virginia. To date, over $64,234 dollars have been invested on property improvements including: a boundary Photo: SVBF fence, invasive vegetation and hazard tree removal, stump grinding, trash cleanup, perimeter trail development, and the establishment of turf grasses on the exposed earthworks.

In 2012, SVBF was able to institute its first annual landscaping program, working with a local team of experts at Arnette Landscapes, Inc. to ensure the on-going protection of Star Fort’s newly established grasses and perennial vegetation, and also the long term maintenance of our perimeter walking trail.

Looking ahead to 2013, the Battlefields Foundation is preparing extensively for a grand opening of Star Fort to the general public during in June, coincidental to the sesquicentennial commemoration of Star Fort and the Second Battle of Winchester (1863). None of this would have been possible without the dedicated stewardship efforts provided thus far by SVBF staff, and the dedicated Volunteer Corps.

Star Fort has emerged from a once perilous point of destruction, entanglement of thicketed thorns and brush, to now: a newly dedicated open space. With this recovery, some finer moments and new opportunities have also come into light with community engagement through our Volunteer Corps program. Youth have attained the rank of Eagle Scout through employing restoration projects on site. Many neighbors have begun to take an invested interest in the history, oversight, and continual maintenance of Star Fort by lending a hand at Park Day. Firewood has been continually collected and donated to the needy while cleaning up the site through the C-CAP Program of Winchester. And Living History educational programs are beginning to take shape for both young and old alike, who now can once again come to Winchester and peer over the earthworks which remain from one of the Valley’s most formidable Civil War fortresses.

6 Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation WITH GRATITUDE

The Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation is grateful to the following institutions and individuals for their generous support in 2012. Their gifts have been a significant part of the Foundation’s accomplishments during the last year.

Golden Circle ($100,000 +) Shenandoah Society ($25,000 +) Signal Knob Society ($10,000-24,999) American Battlefield Protection Agua Fund, Inc. Bryant Bank Program Luray Caverns Civil War Trust The Roller Bottimore Foundation James R Wilkins Charitable Trust

Third Winchester Corps ($5,000 to $9,999) Port Republic Division ($1,000 to $4,999) Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Heatwole Mr. & Mrs. John P. Ackerly III Mr. James C. Robertson Mark and Karen Perreault Mr. & Mrs. W. C. Bedall Jr. In memory, Art. Capt. PG Breckenridge, Craig and Belinda Stevens Hon. Rudolph Bumgardner III 2nd Cavalry K.I.A. 5-26-64 Mr. & Mrs. W. Denman Zirkle Mr. & Mrs. Thomas T. Byrd Dr. W. Cullen Sherwood Lockhart & Associates Ms. Penni R. Curtis In honor, Carrington Williams The Helen Clay Frick Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Andrew U. Ferrari Mrs. Daniel C. Stickley The Westchester Foundation Dr. Rogers M. Fred III In memory, Daniel C. Stickley Mrs. Betty Hite Guier Mr. C.J. Steuart Thomas III Ms. Lisa Hawkins Mr. & Mrs. Don Trost Col. & Mrs. Frederick E. Johnston III Mr. & Mrs. John M. Volkhardt Mr. Thomas E. McGowan Ms. Linda C. Wheeler Mr. John L. Nau III Mr. Allan J. Zellnock Mr. Brian K. Plum Cedar Creek Regiment ($500-999) Mr. Nikoo Bakhtiar Mr. Linden P. Martineau Mr. William W. Simmons Mr. Gerald Beam Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. McCombs Jr. Mr. Henry Simpson Mr. Brian Beirne In Memory, PVT Jacob Lester, 1st NY Cavalry Mr. & Mrs. C. C. Solenberger Mr. Spencer L. Brown Mr. Robert T. Mitchell Jr. Mr. Calvin Sonner Mr. & Mrs. Childs Burden Mr. Frederick B. Molineux Col. & Mrs. Hugh B. Sproul III Mr. Harold E. Dukes Jr. Ambassador James Nolan Mr. Henry P. Trawick Jr. Dr. Robert Eggleston Mr. Frederich W. Otto Mr. Wouter K. Vanderwal Mr. Chris Ellis Mr. Wayne Pankey Mr. David M. West Dr. James Embrey Mr. & Mrs. William J. Petersen Mr. & Mrs. James R. Wilkins Jr. Mr. James Roderick O. Graves Mr. Randy Phillips Mr. Jamie Williams Mr. Thomas M. W. Green Mr. Clive E. Rice Mr. John M. Wood Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Kearns Mr. Allen W. Richies Ms. Anne P. Zirkle Mr. David A. Langbart Mr. S. Michael Sharp Mr. William Wade Zirkle

Cross Keys Battalion ($300-499) Mr. Edward A. Altemos Mr. Richard F. Fox Mr. & Mrs. William G. O’Brien Mr. Paul Andrzejczuk Mr. Michael T. Friend Mr. Ronald Perisho Mr. Harry P. Aubright III Mrs. Barbara R. Graves Mr. Joe Proctor Mr. Douglas R. Bohi In Memory, Dr. Owen D. Graves Mr. Rex E. Ritchie Mr. Bruce Brem Mr. David E. Huffman Mr. John Rosenberger Mr. Edward C. Browne Mr. Paul Jeffery Mr. & Mrs. Keith A Sandum Dr. & Mrs. Winston Cameron Jr. Mr. Michael E. Klein Mr. Robert P. Sprague Dr. Michael H. Chancey Mr. Kerry L. Konrad Mr. John Staelin Dr. & Mrs. Richard S. Crampton Mr. Bruce W. Kramer Mr. Robert N. Steinwurtzel In Memory, Capt. Benjamin P. Crampton, Mr. & Mrs. Graham C. Lilly Mr. Robert Stone Co. C, 7th VA Cavalry In Memory, Margaret Kemper Lilly Mr. Samuel A. Tucker The Reverend Robert H. Crewdson Mr. & Mrs. John Lubetkin Mr. Jeffrey Scott Wieand Pvt. Meredith Branch Thurman, 14th VA Mr. Paul M. Martini Mr. Wesley Woods Mr. Eugene F. Dearing Jr. Hon. & Mrs. Richard Masson Shenandoah Valley Civil War Era Dancers Mr. Lloyd M. Doering Mr. & Mrs. Alan L. Miller Rockingham Cooperative Inc. Mr. John F. Down Mr. Steven Moyers Mr. Robert L. Fiscus Mr. Robert A. Neville 1 Donors 2012

Fisher’s Hill Company ($100-$299)

Mr. John C. Adamchak LTC (Ret.) & Mrs. Alan S. Fojt Mr. Alastair S. Macdonald Mr. Robert R. Adams Dr. Fred L. Forman Mr. & Mrs. Tom Mack Mr. Larry Allamong Mr. & Mrs. John J. Fox III Mr. Francis A. Madsen Jr. Mr. William G. Allman Mr. William D. Frazer The Honorable John O. Marsh Jr. Mr. Robert E. Anderson Mr. Karl Fredericks Mr. & Mrs. Paul Martinello Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Andreae Mr. James Gallagher Capt. Henry E. Marx Mr. & Mrs. David W. Armstrong Mr. Robert Galletly Ms. Cynthia Kay Mason Mr. Garland E. Ashby Mr. Lewis R. Gaty II Mr. Richard L. McCall Jr. Mr. James Atkinson Dr. & Mrs. Hunter M. Gaunt Jr. Mr. James R. McGrain Dr. & Mrs. Andrew A. Bailey Jr. Mr. Peter Gentieu In Memory, Michael J. McGrain Mr. David D. Bailey In Memory, Elisabeth Yarosh Gentieu Mr. Jason D. McMahan Mr. Robert W. Bain Ms. Nita H. Gibson Mr. Ed McMahon Mr. Terry T-Bear Barber The Honorable C. Todd Gilbert Mr. Jeffrey C. Mellott Mr. Charles Lewis Beal Mr. Jimmy W. Goldston Col. (Ret.) & Mrs. William P. Menefee Mr. Edwin C. Bearss Mr. Thomas A. Gorrell Mrs. Virginia B. Miles Mr. Ronald L. Beavers Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Grainger Dr. & Mrs. Glenn P. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Bell Mr. A. Wilson Greene Mr. Rex Miller Mr. Louis Bishop Mr. William Scott Griffiths Mr. William E. Miller Mr. Casper J. Bocklage Mr. & Mrs. William J. Groah Mr. & Mrs. Carrington Montague Mr. David M. Bomberowitch Jim Haines In Honor, James Howard Ogden III and Dr. R. Mr. Bruce Bowman Mr. & Mrs. W. Clay Hamilton Smith Murray Mr. Kenneth W. Bradley Ms. Margaret Mims Hamilton Mr. Richard G. Moore Mr. James A. Braue Dr. J. Daniel Hanks Jr. Ms. Susan J. Moore Mr. & Mrs. J. Robert Bray Mr. & Mrs. Fred Hannah Mr. Patrick J. Mountain SFC Chris H. Brown Mr. Robert J. Hanson Brig. Gen. (Ret.) John W. Mountcastle Mr. Thomas F. Brown Dr. Sinclair J Harcus Jr Mr. Virgil Charles Mugler Ms. Mildred G. Brumback Mr Jeddie Hensley Mr. R. Patrick Murphy Mr. C. Philipp Brundrett Mr. Graham Hitt Mr. & Mrs. Sean F. Murphy Mrs. Magalen O. Bryant Mr. Richard R.G. Hobson Mr. Robert W. Murray Mr. Jeffry C. Burden The Honorable William J. Howell Mr. Neil Newcomb Brig. Gen. Duncan Campbell Mr. David Hull Mr. Alex Newhart Mr. Michael H. Carlson Mr. David R. Humphreys Ms. Mary Nicolay Mr. Shawn Ted Carmack Mr. Brad Hunt Mr. & Mrs. Alan Norris Mr. Dale Carroll Mr. Charles E. Hutchinson Jr. Mr. James T. Norvelle Mr. Michael J. Chapman Mr. David F. Jaswa Mr. & Mrs. Percy C. Nowlin III Mr. Gary R. Cheeseman Messrs. Jennings Wilmore and Gibson Mr. Edward J. O’Connell III Mr. John Christiansen Ms. Elsa M. Jensen Mr. Charles H. Orme Mr. David S. Clarke Mr. Gwynne J. Jewell Paul & Marlene Otto Mr. John H. Claybrook Dr. Donald B. Johnson Mr. Gary Pacini Dr. & Mrs. Landon A. Colquitt Mr. Robert A. Johnson Mr. Kendric T. Packer Mr. George K. Combs The Reverend Henry L. Joly Mr. W. Robert Pearson Mr. Michael D. Connelly Sande Kartman, ESQ Mr. Gordon P. Peyton Mrs. Faye Cooper In Memory, PFC Leslie M. Kartman Mr. Charles A. Phillips Mr. & Mrs. Albert Copenhaver Mr. Jeffrey Kaufman Mr. & Mrs. Don Pierce Mr. James A. Costie David & June Keenan Mr. & Mrs. David S. Pitts Mr. Gayle W. Cupp Sr. Mr. Michael Kelly In Memory, Pvt. George Pitts, CSA Mr. Gayle Cupp Jr. Ms. Karen L. Kenney Mr. Charles David Powell Mr. George P Damewood IV Mr. & Mrs. Randy Kibler Ms. Eleanor Page Price Mr. Christopher P. Darling Dr. Curtis S. King Mr. Ted Raczkowski Mr. Russell Dashiell Jr. Ms. Joann King Captain (Ret.) William P. Ramsey USN Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. DeHaven Jr. Mr. Rick C. Kinsey Mr. Jeffrey Rau Paul F. Dende, DO, FACP Dr. Donald B. Kirchner Mr. Gregory T. Regelski In Honor, Lance Corporal Mark Dende, USMC Mr. John C. Klady In Memory, The Star Fort Mr. William Dexter Jr. Mr. J. David Kluck Mr. David J. Reifinger Mr. & Mrs. Hank P. Deyerle Jr. Mr. David Knutson Mr. & Mrs. Enos Richardson Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. DiCarlo Mr. Tom Leach Mr. Rhodes B. Ritenour Mr. Stan Domosh Mr. Geary E. Lehr Mr. Louis N. Ritten Mr. William M. Eichenberg Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James O. Lewis Mr. Ben Ritter Mr. Carl Ellman In Memory, Elmina Jumonville Mr. Steve Ritter Mr. Charles Farnsworth Mr. Hallie Andrew Lightle Mr. Ralph H. Ruedy Mr. James A. Favero Mr. Lloyd M. Limprecht Mr. & Mrs. Ken Rutherford Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Finberg Mr. Randy Livingston Mr. George P. Ryan Mr. Thomas F. Fine Mr. Thomas Lockhart Ms. Sheree Saadee Mr. William F. Finlayson Mr. Kenneth W. Lyon Mr. Larry E. Sarver 2 Mr. George Schember Mr. Jason T. Sturdivant CDR Stephen A. Weinhardt USN (Ret.) Dr. William J. Schull Mr. Raymond L. Tetzlaff Mr. Stuart Wenzel Perry and Sara Schwierzke Mr. Paul H. Thermen Ms. Jade West Ms. Nancy K. Scott Mr. Richard Thiel Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Wheeler Mr. James W. Sheaffer Mr. Frank K. Thompson Mr. James L. White Mr. Philip O. Sheridan Dr. & Mrs. Barry H. Thompson Dr. Joseph W.A. Whitehorne LTC USA (Ret) In Memory, Private James J. Sheridan, Mr. Peter Tipograph Mr. Mike Wicinsky 3rd Regiment. Co K, NJ Volunteers Mr. William C. Trimble Jr. Mr. Gary W. Wick John & Marsha Shields Mr. Barry Truluck Mr. Clarke L. Wilhelm Mr. Robert H. Shrouds In Memory, EJ Schaffer The Honorable & Mrs. Henry K. Willard II Mr. George G. Snider Mr. Raymond Tuckwiller Mr. David Williams In Honor, Sgt. Upton L. Dorsey, 1st Md. Cav. Mr. John Tuohy Ms. Crystal Williamson CSA & Jim and Susan Rogers Mr. Jeff A. Turner K.R. Wilson VMI ‘70 Ms. Nancy Taylor Sorrells Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Twining Mr. Robert Wines Mr. Robert Spiker Ms. Jacqueline W. Upp Mr. David L. Worthington In Memory, Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Spiker Mr. Les Veach Ms. Robin Young Mr. Scott E. Stevinson Ms. Jeanne Vertefeuille Mr. Terrance J. Yount Mr. I. Fred Stine Jr. Mr. J. Glenn Vickers Ms. Patricia L. Zontine Dr. & Mrs. Phillip C. Stone In Memory, Sgt. James G. Vickers, 1923-1989 Mr. Stanley R. Zuzek Ms. Becky D. Stoneburner U.S., 5th Air Force 91st Ohio Volunteer Infantry Co. B Mr. Scott G. Stout Mr. William W. Vodra Artist Preservation Group Inc. Mr. Everette A. Stoutner Mr. Alexander C. (Sandy) von Thelen Rockingham Mutual Insurance Company Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Strickler Ms. Susan C. Warner In Honor, Founding Fathers of the Rockingham Mr. Michael J. Strong In Honor, Robert E. Lee Home Mutual Fire Company In Honor, Dr. Irvin & Nancy Hess Mr. Larry F. Warren Mr. & Mrs. Douglas E. Stuart Mr. & Mrs. Terry L. Watson Dr. Clay W. Stuckey Mr. Mark Allen Weigand

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Mr. Neale Ainsfield In Honor, Stephen L. Bates Mr. John Buker Mr. Tony Clark Mr. Rob Aitcheson Mr. & Mrs. Clay Baugher Ms. Yvette Bullock Mr. Pete Clements Ms. Carolyn Akers Mr. Matt Baylor Mr. Billy Burgess Mr. Dennis Clemmer Mr. Claude L. Alber Mr. Theodore A. Bear Mr. Isaac Burgess Mr. Peter Clifton Ms. Jeanette V. Albrecht Mrs. Katrina H. Becker Mr. Paul Burgess Mr. David E. Cline Mr. Jeff Albright Mr. Wilford N. Behm Mr. Douglas A. Burk Mr. Russell W. Cochran Mr. John Allen Ms. Delonda Belanger Mr. Stephen L. Burkart Mr. Terry Coffman Mr. Joseph Anders Mr. & Mrs. Harry K. Benham III Mr. Jeffrey S. Burr Ms. Rebecca Cole Mr. Richard Anderson Mr. Claude Bennington In Memory, PVT Charles Nicholas Ms. Joan Collins Mr. JeDonne Anderson Ms. Pat Berry Burr, Co. C, 43rd Va. Cav. Battalion Mr. Carl M. Colonna Ms. Anita Apple Mr. Alan Betcher Mr. Charles Butler Ms. Harriet Condon Ms Pam Apple Mr. Stuart Bieber Mr. Thomas Butler Mr. Kevin J. Connelly Mr. Charles W. Armel Mr. Jim Blagg Mr. Jay P. Byrne Mr. Malcolm Cook Jr. Ms. Kathy Arrowsmith Mr. Carroll Bland Malcolm & Lynn Cameron Mr. Bud Cook Mr. Allen M Ashwood Ms. Nancy C. Blatterman Mr. Steven A. Campbell Ms. Karen Cook Mr. John Ronald Atchley Dr. & Mrs. George Blomstrom Ms. Nancy H. Campbell Mr. Robert Cook Mr. Wayne Au Mr. John H. Blosser Mr. Fred Caperton Mr. David Arthur Coon Mr. Alfred L. Awbrey Jr. Mr. Steve Bock Mr. Rick Caricofe Mr. George Copeland Mr. Aaron Baker Mr. Doug Botkin Ms. Judith Cariker Mr. Gary Cornett Mr. Michael Balderman Mr. F.P. Buddy Bowers Jr Mr. Stephen C. Carlson Ms. Rosalie Cornwell Mr. Robert F. Baldwin Jr. Mr. William Bowman Mr. Duane Carrell Mr. Carl G. Couch Mr. Dwight Baldwin Mr. John E. Braaten Mr. Paul Cary Mr. Gene Covart Mr. Bill Bankert Mr. Mike Brace Mr. Lawrence E. Cassada Mr. & Mrs. Bill Crapo Mr. Karl A. Barbacki Mr. Larry D. Brage Mr. Edward Jed M. Caswall Mr. Ches Crawford Mr. Charles W. Barber Ms. Mary Braun Mr. Laurence Caughlan Mr. Jim Crawford Mr. David Bard Mr. Kevin Brennan Mr. Jose Luis Cepero Mr. Don Crider Mr. Dale Barley Mr. Alan R. Bresett Mr. Warren F. Chauncey Mr. Terry Crider Mr. Bill Barnhart Mr. Tony Brill In Memory, Edwin H. Chauncey, Mr. James R. Crosley Mr. Thomas S. Barnhart Ms. Jane D. Brooks VMI Class 1955 Mr. Bob Crouch Mr. Frank Barnhouse Mr. Jeff Brown Mr. and Mrs. Basil Clark Ms. Heather Croushorn Mr. John Bartenhagen Mr. Joseph B. Brown Ms. Jean Tardy Clark Mr. Terry Cubbage Mr. Robert L. Bates Mr. Ralph Bryant Mr. George E. Clark Jr. Mr. Gary Cunningham

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Mr. Bennie Cupp Mr. Fred Frye Mr. William Henck Mr. Robert Kite Mr. Alex Czurylo Mr. George F. Fuderer Mr. Adam Hendel Mr. J. Brad Kitts Mr. Philip Dague Mr. John J. Gainer Mr. Herbert W. Hennings Mr. Ralph B. Kleczewski LT Col. USMC Charles L. Mr. Chuck Gaines Mr. Michael J. Henrich Mr. Anthony Kleinhans Daugherty Mr. Patrick Gallagher Mr. Jeff Henry Mr. Bernard C. Klemanek Mr. Richard D. Davis Mr. Vincent O. Ganley Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Irvin E. Hess Mr. Bennie Knupp Ms. Kathleen Davis Mr. John Gano Mr. Keith Hewitt Mr. Kenneth Knupp Mr. Tom Dawson Mr. Gerald Garber Mr. Samuel Heywood Mr. Charles Knupp II Mr. Stan Daywalt Mr. Jay Garber Mr. Terry Hiebert Mr. Gregory E. Konechy Mr. Stan Daywalt Mr. Roger W. Gardner Mr. Michael Hilbut Mr. Richard L. Koontz Jr. Mr. David De Roo Mr. Gerald E. Garfield Ms. Melody Hill Mr. Gary Koontz Mr. Anthony Delacy Jr. Col. J.D. Garlock Mr. Earl Hinkle Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Marvin Kostka Mr. Steven Delesky Mr. Ernie Gearing Mr. A. Kirk Hinman Mrs. Irene M. Kozak Mr. Brian C. Della Mr. H. Frederick Gehrlach Mr. Robert Hoffman Mr. Donald L. Kraft Mr. Bruce Dellinger Ms. Hope Geisler Mr. Louis Hoisington Mr. Bill Krimmel Mr. Duayne Dellinger Ms. Mary Gibbs Mr. & Mrs. William B. Holtzman Mr William Krouse Mr. David A. DeMatteis Mr. Kenneth Gibson Mr. W. Todd Holtzman Mr. Dave Kyger Mr. Warren Dembeck Ms. Catharine Gilliam Mr. Matthew Hooks Mr. & Mrs. Carroll L. Lam Jr. Ms. Mary Dawn Dobson Mr. Michael Gillivan Mr Charles Horn Mr. John Lambert Mr. Don Docktor Mr. Ken Ginger Mr. Michael Horrocks Mr. Leroy Lancaster Mr. William Dodd Mr. & Mrs. Robert Gochenour In Honor, Mrs. Alston A. Horrocks Mr. Bruce Langbein Mr. Gerald Dovel Mr. David Good Mr. Allen C. Horton Mr. Tom Lastoskie Mr. Robert J. Downey In Memory, David Parham Goode Mr. Carlton J. Houghton Ms. Paige Laughlin Ms. Betty Driver Mr. Matt Good Mr. Doug Houston Mr. Bryan Lawhorne Mr. Tim Duff Ms. Gabrielle B Goode Mrs. Marcia Hovenden Mr. Jim Lawhorne Mr. David K. Duffy Ms. Ruth S. Goodman Mr. Byron F. Hovey Ms. Barbara A. Lawrence Ms. Gail Dugan Mr. Dan Goodson Mr. William Craig Howell Mr. Monte Layman Mr. Samuel Keith Dunn Mr. Gregory Goodwin Mr. C.E. Pete Howell Mr. Edward J. Leafey Mr. Thomas C. Dunn Mr. Lee B. Goplin Ms. Bobbie Hoyle Mr. Thomas Leaman Mr. Samuel Keith Dunn Mr. Fred A. Gosnell III Ms. Heidi Hubbell Mr. Richard Leaumont Mr. Vance Dunn Mr. Duke Gosney Mr. Vernon Huffman In Honor, Louisiana Brigade Mr. David Durrer Dr. Thomas Mark Grace Mr. Alan R. Hummel Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Leigh Jr. Mr. Charles Dutt Mr. Carroll Grandstaff Col. Richard C. Hyatt,USMC Mr. Frank Lesniak Mr. Kelly Dykes Mr. John Graves Mr. John E. Jackson Mr. Charles T. Leverich Mr. David T. Dyson Mr. John Gray Mr. Ray A. Jackson Mr. Edward J. Lewandowski Mr. Sidney Eadie Mr. Michael Green Ms. Deb Jenkins Mr. Charles C. Lewis Mr. Boyd W. Eckenroad Ms. Vivianne Greene Mr. Brian Johnson Mr. Terry Lewis Mr. David M. Edwards Mr. Colby James Greene Mr. David P. Johnson Mr. Frederick Lineberg Mr. Lindy Edwards Mr. Fred Greene Mr. Richard H. Jones Mr. Robert Joseph Lineweaver Mr. William Eggemeir Mr. Carl Grimm Dr. David Jones Mr. Eddie Litten Mr. Daniel R. Elsea Mr. Richard Groome Mr. David Jones Ms. Eleanor S. Lloyd Mr. William M. Emslie Mr. Bill Gum Mr. Daniel P. Jordan Mr. Calvin Lokey Mr. Ron Enterline Mr. John R. Habbershaw Mr. Dale Jordan Ms. Susan S. Lonchar Mr. Don Erbaugh Mr. Jason S. Haines Mr. Tom Jordan Mr. Chris Long Mr. Michael W. Esslie Lt. Col. & Mrs. Jan-Henry Haines Mr. R.J. Judd Mr. Mark Lore Mr. Richard Evans Mr. David S. Haley Mr. & Mrs. Regis Judy Jr. Mr. Steve M. Lotter Mr. Randy Fansler Mr. Murray B. Hall Mr. Joe R. Julian Ms. Susan Loving Mr. Paul J. Farley Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Charles Hamilton Ms. Elizabeth E. Kaylor Mr. M. Philip Lucas Mr. Fred Fielding Mr. & Mrs. Ed Hannah Mr. John Kaylor Mr. Jim Luce Major William Fischer Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Gaylord L. Hansen Mr. & Mrs. William C. Keck Mr. Sherman Lundy Mr. Donald Fitzsimmons Mr. Don Harbin Mr. Donald L. Keister Mr. Robert Lung Mr. Danny W. Fleck Mrs. Barbara Harold Ms. Teresa Kelley Mr. David Lupton Mr. Beverley H. Fleming Mr. Kent Harper Mr. Harry M. Kemstedt Mr. John Maass Mr. George Fontaine Mr. & Mrs. Frank B. Harrell Ms. Darlene Keyt Mr. Raymond H. Mace Mr. Julian Frasier Mr. Craig Russell Harris Ms. Barbara R. Kibler Mr. Donald E. Madsen Mr. Dixon Freeland Mr. David Hawkins Mr. Victor V. Kidd Mr. & Mrs. Derald L. Madson Mr. Dirk B. Freeman Mr. William Hawkins Mr. Bob Kile Mr. Thomas Maholchic Mr. & Mrs. Laurence Freiheit Ms. Libby Haymaker Mr. Jack Kilgallen Mr. Maurice Malin Mr. K.R. Frey Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Hayward Mr. Kevin L. Killingsworth Mr. John Marchetti Mr. Gregory K. Frick Ms. Barbara Headley Mr. John Kirk Sr. Dr. & Mrs. Michael S. Marsh Mr. Bill Frueh Mr. Mike Heatwole Mr. & Mrs. Mark P. Kisker Mr. Jim Marshall Ms. Kay D. Frye Mr. Terence Heder Mr. Carroll W. Kisling Mr. & Mrs. William R. Marshall

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Mr. Bill Marshall Mr. Ken Nordt Mr. Stanley Root Mr. Travis W. Stephens Mr. Scott P. Martin Dr. John Lee Ocheltree Jr. Mr. Alan Rosen Mr. Mark Stickley Mr. Eric B. Martin Mr. Michael O’Connell Mr. Jay Ross Mr. Robert Stieg Mr. Andrew Martin Ms. Susan O’Connor Mr. Ronald R. Rouse Mr. George Strausman Mr. Paul Martinello Mr. Jeff Offerjost Ms. Margaret Roy Mr. Don Stripling Mr. Jerry Mason Mr. Joe Ogrodowski Mr. Raymond E. Ruane Ms. Ruth Stultz Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Matelis Mr. Douglas M. Orebaugh Mr. Frank Runion Jr. Mr. Samuel Styers Mr. Pat Matheny Mr. Ricky O’Roark Mr. Dwight Sager Mr. Joseph P. Summa Mr. Doug Mather Mr. Allen Ours Mr. Bradley K. Sanchez Mr. Sherwin A. Swartz Mr. H. Anthony Matt Mr. Gary Pacini Ms. Adelaide H. Sayers Mr. Darren Swartz Mr. Larry D. Matthews Mr. Gerald Painter Dr. Norman Schaefer Mr. Barry Sweitzer Mr. Anthony Mattia Mr. Ronald J. Pappert Sr. The Rev. John W. Schildt Mr. Paul A. Swinehart Jr. Mr. Duane A. Mauck In Memory, “Stonewall” Jackson C.S.A. Mr. Jerry Schiro Mr. & Mrs. Donald Swope Mr. Joseph Mauck Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Paradis Mr. Mark C. Schreiber In Honor, Adelaide H. Sayers & Mr. Steve Mauck Mr. Kevin Parker Mrs. Laurey Schroeder Stephen G. Harnsberger Mr. & Mrs. Owen Ulysses Mayhew Mr. Mark H. Parris Mr. David E. Schubert Mr. Robert C. Sykes Mr. David B. McCart Ms. Vickie Parsons Mr. Joseph E. Schugt Mr. Frank Tamberrino Mr. & Mrs. Terrence McCloskey Mr. James R. Partin Mr. Donald S. Schultz Mr. Roger Tappy Mr. J.J. McCourt Mr. John J. Paulis Jr. Mr. John Sciarappa Mr. & Mrs. Michael G. Tears Mr. Jerry McDonald Mr. Adam Paulson Mr. & Mrs. Benny Scott Mr. Doyne Teets Mr. & Mrs. Dennis E. McFeeley Mr. George Paynter Mr. & Mrs. John Scully Mr. Timothy Tefft Mr. Jim McGilloway Mr. Gerald J. Pelarski Ms. Maureen Selinger Dr. J. Thomas Telle Mr. Auston McNett Mr. Gustav Person Mr. Roger Settlemire Mr. Malcolm Thomas Mr. Michael E. McPoland Mr. Douglas E. Phillips Mr. George Shaffer Ms. Janet Thomas Mr. Dylan Meadows Mr. Nicholas P. Picerno Mr. Jason Colby Shelor Mr. William W. Thompson Mr. Randy Meeks Sr. Mr. W.G. Pickford Mr. Maynard J. Shier In Memory, PVT Rial Thompson - Ms. Lydia Mefford Mr. James E. Pitts Mr. Andrew L. Shifflett 114 NY INF, Mr. Herbert Mendelsohn Mr. & Mrs. Tom Plimpton Mr. & Mrs. Bill Shifflett Cedar Creek, Winchester Grove Mr. Gregory A Mertz Mr. Marvin L. Polk III Mr. James R. (Bob) Shirley #801 Mr. Trenton Dean Miller Mr. Steve P. Pond Mr. Peter Shoemaker Mr. Bobby Thompson Mr. Ashton Miller In Memory, Lenius Botts Pond, Mr. Steven E. Shoemaker Mr. Don Thompson Mr. Joseph Miller 3 VA C.S.A. Mr. Randall K. Shreve Mr. Joel Thorson Mr. Delmas Miller Mr. Robert Post Mr. John Shumate Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Toelle Mr. Jason Miller Mr. Garret T. Power Mr. & Mrs. Bobby Silvious Mr. Richard Torovsky Mr. Justin Miller Mr. & Mrs. Emmett J. Presgraves Mr. Carlton Simmers Mr. & Mrs. Randy Trader Mr. Leo Miller Ms. Amy Proctor Mr. Christopher S. Simmons In Memory, Ralph H. Trader, Jr. Ms. Sandy Miller Mr. Gary Proud Ms. Jean Simmons Mr. Ryan Trapp Mr. Henry Mills Mr. Michael S. Provenghi Mr. Thomas E. Simon Mr. Arnold F. Traupman Mr. Ron Moomaw Mr. Allan Prowten Mr. James A. Sims Mr. Ken Troy Mr. Brian D. Moran Mr. Tom Pruitt Mr. Gordon Sims Dr. Spencer C. Tucker Mr. Steven A. Morr Mr. Dennis Quinn Mr. Terry Sirk Mr. Ross N. Tucker Dr. James R. Morrill III Mr. Earl Rock Racer Mrs. Lucy M. Sligh Mr. Joe Turner Mr. Gary Morris Jr. Mr. Johnny Raines Mr. Charles A. Smith Mr. John Turner Mr. Wayne Morris Mr. Richard Rankin Mr. Leon Smith Mr. Thomas F. Turner Mr. Robert Bolton Morrison Mr. David Ray Mr. Thomas R. Smith Mr. Matt Tusing Mr. Jim Morrison Ms. Linda Reed Mr. Zebulon Smith Mr. & Mrs. John P. Undari Mr. Robert C. Moss III Ms. Lavinia Reid Mr. James T. Smith Mr. Wayne S. Usko Ms. Anita Mowery Mr. John Reiley Mr. Carroll Smith Mr. John H. Verrill Mr. James E. Moyer Mr. Brian E. Resh Ms. Justine A. Smith In Honor, Scott Harris Mr. Kevin C. Mulcahy Mrs. Kathy Rice Mr. Bob Snipes Mr. Frank Vetting Mr. Harry Muldrow Jr. Mr. James Edward Rich Jr. Ms. Paulette Snoby Mr. Robert C. Vogler Mr. Gerald Myers Sr. Mrs. Mary Riley Ms. Carol Solomon Mr. Joseph C. Vohnout Mr. Ben Myers Mr. Michael Rinard Mr. John L. Sorrels Mr. Bill Wagner Mr. Blake Myers Mr. John Ritchie Mr. Peter Sparan Ms. Judith Waidlich Mr. Crandall Neely Mr. & Mrs. Ray Ritchie Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Dickson H. Spencer Mr. & Mrs Patrick Wakeman Mr. Dick Neese Mr. & Mrs. Jon D. Ritenour Ms. Jackie Spitler Mr. Stanley Wall Mr. Dick Neff Mr. Gregory Ritter Mr. Michael Stafford Mr. & Mrs. William R. Walls Ms. Mary Nelson Mr. & Mrs. James Robertson Mr. Robert Stalder Mr. John J. Walsh Mr. Gale Netz Mr. Richard Robinson Mr. Dick D. Staley Mr. Wayne Wampler Mr. Rick E. Nichols Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Ronald A. Rock Mr. Freddie J. Stanley Mr. & Mrs. Richard Watson Mr. Gene Noble Mr. William R. Rodman Jr. Ms. Lynda Starbird Ms. Mary Susan Watts Mr. Dale Nordeen Ms. Cindy J. Romig Mr. & Mrs. Philip Steinberg Mr. Norman L. Watts

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Mr. Elmer Waybright Mr. Stewart B. White Mr. John Winters Mr. Richard Waybright Mr. John Whitecotton Mr. Lee Womack Mr. Clyde Weatherholtz Mr. Steve Whitmer Mr. Cecil Womble Mr. Dale Weaver Mr. Joseph Wickham Mr. Michael R. Woshner Mr. Bill Weeks Mr. David Widner Mr. James B. Wren Jr. Mr. Robert Scott Weller Mr. & Mrs. Joe Wightman Mr. Nicholas Yarnold Matthew & Brenda Wendling Mr. Wayne Wilfong Mr. Jeff York Mr. Jeffry Wert Mr. John A. Wilkinson Mr. Bob Zeilfelter Mr. & Mrs. Charles West Mr. Keith D. Will Mr. & Mrs. Scott E. Zeiss Mr. Frank E Weston Mr. Kurt S. Wille Mr. John Zervas Sgt. Edgar V. Wheeler Mr. Irvin Williams Mr. Vincent J. Zito Ms. Margaret Whitaker Mr. Charles Williams Mr. Stephen M. Zrenchak Mr. Robert L. Whitaker Mr. Jonathan Wilson Anonymous Ms. Diane D. White Mr. Dale Winburn Mosby Area Heritage Association LTC David Jonathan White Mr. Clyde J Winegard

Special thanks to the following for donating items to SVBF events: Ms. Diane Artz Furlong Ms. Bonnie Stump Mr. & Mrs. Rod Graves Mr. Hut Vass Mr. Jake Henderson Mr. Don Voas Mr. Clyde F. Jenkins Ms. Lisa Walker Mr. Peter Johnson Mrs. Yvonne Wightman Mr. Ed King Mr. Dale Winburn Mr. & Mrs. Frank Kobilis Luray Caverns Mrs. Bonnie Kobilis Morgan Miles Picture Frames Mr. Robert Moore Sysco Foods, Virginia Ms. P. Buckely Moss Mr. Douglas M. Orebaugh Mr. & Mrs Charles M. Peery Mr. Nicholas Picerno Ms. Marsha Snyder

Interpretation & Education The Battlefields Foundation is directed by the District’s Management Plan to coordinate a regional interpretive program that includes visitor education, living history demonstrations, and other interpretive techniques, all unified through a District wayfinding system.

Sesquicentennial Programs The SVBF conference, “A chapter in history…without parallel”: Perspectives on Stonewall Jackson’s Valley Campaign, was the first major program of the 1862-

Photo: SVBF 2012 Sesquicentennial year. The event featured renowned Civil War historians Eric Campbell, Jeff Wert, Peter Cozzens, Gary L. Ecelbarger, and Jonathan Noyalas – and drew more than 200 attendees, shattering attendance records. Staff, volunteers, and committee members were also involved in coordinating, planning, partnering, and presenting much of the other interpretive programming during the Sesquicentennial of the Valley Campaign, culminating with the interpretive and education programming at the “If This Valley is Lost” program on June 9. New Interpretation The Battlefields Foundation installed new Civil War Trails markers at two SVBF-owned battlefield sites related to the Valley Campaign: Cemetery Hill at McDowell and Artillery Ridge at Cross Keys. In addition, the Civil War Trails program replaced and/or repainted more than thirty 1862-related markers in the Valley. And staff and committee started development of 20 new markers that will be installed in the coming year at Star Fort (Winchester), Staunton, Third Winchester, and Fisher’s Hill.

Interpretive Planning During 2012, SVBF staff and committee members conducted interpretive planning at three battlefield sites: Star Fort, the Middle Field (Third Winchester), and Photo: SVBF Ramseur’s Hill (Fisher’s Hill). The planning identified specific interpretive and visitor initiatives that will be completed in 2013, including new trails, new battle and campaign maps, interpretive markers, orientation kiosks, directional and regulatory signage, printed driving tours, podcasts, website materials, and new digital and web-based tools to serve the smartphone-equipped visitor.

Valley Campaign Film As part of the 150th anniversary of the Valley Campaign, the SVBF began the production of a new film, “If This Valley is Lost”: Stonewall Jackson’s Valley Campaign. Development was largely completed in 2012, and will be finished in 2013. The 12-minute film – complete with animated map, high-definition video, voiceovers, music, sound effects, and historic artwork – will provide historical content for the history buff, educational content for teachers and historians, and will encourage visitors to journey to the actual sites where the historic events occurred. The film has been underwritten by the Roller-Bottimore Foundation, the Virginia Tourism Corporation, Luray Caverns, the Cross Keys/Goods Mill Historical Society, and generous individual donors.

Youth Education Programs The SVBF saw enormous growth in its youth educational programming in 2012, including in-school education programs, on-site programs, digital resources – and, Photo: SVBF most of all, the SVBF’s Valley Voyager program. Staff and living history partners (including the 10th Virginia and the Virginia Museum of the Civil War) presented the SVBF’s first in-school education programs at North Fork Middle School, along with a mini-kids camp during the “If This Valley is Lost” program. The SVBF’s “Foot Cavalry” passport program, featuring stops at 12 different Valley Campaign-related events, saw 87 youngsters take part. And the Valley Voyagers program, which grew to over 200 members, featured special events, the Voyager e-newsletter (“The Bugler”), and our first youth photo contest. 7

Signature Tours The Battlefields Foundation launched its Signature Tours program in 2012. The Signature Tours are designed to make it easy for visitors and potential visitors to discover and enjoy the best sites and experiences that the Shenandoah Valley has to offer, and to serve as powerful economic drivers for tourism-related and other businesses in the Valley.

The Tours are designed to use Civil War-related and other heritage tourism attractions as the heart of the tours, but to include something for all travelers. So they’ll include Civil War tours and sites, but also tours designed to fit other interests, such as cultural sites, wineries, and natural wonders, tours for families, tours for the adventurous, and tours for those looking for special back-road experiences. The first four tours were launched in 2012, featuring two Valley Turnpike tours and two Winchester-Frederick County-based tours, with much more to come.

Online Store and SVBF Products Battlefields Foundation merchandising operations and offerings both expanded in 2012. The Foundation launched an online store (ShopShenandoahAtWar.org) that gave visitors a place to shop for the growing SVBF product line. (The store also served as a valuable resource for fundraising efforts, event registrations, and book sales.) And the store’s product line grew to include three main sections: Battlefield Originals, the Breadbasket Collection, and Battlefield Crafts.

The Battlefields Originals line offers SVBF logo-branded products, including hats, polo shirts, sweatshirts, tote bags, mugs, lapel pins, and more – fourteen different items in all. The Breadbasket Collection built upon the success of our private label wines (through Cave Ridge Vineyard) and coffees (Cabin Creek Roasters) by adding Route 11 Potato Chips, two types of Highland County maple syrup (produced by Back Creek Farms and the Sugar Tree Country Store), and “Black Powder Blend” barbeque sauce (through Golden Blends BBQ); and our Battlefield Crafts offer hand-crafted artisan baskets from a tree from the Fisher’s Hill battlefield and six different hand-crafted items (such as letter openers and ornaments) from a “witness tree” on the Third Winchester battlefield, a historic white oak that fell in 2011 during a violent storm.

SVBF staff also hosted promotional displays at events throughout the Valley, including the Lee-Jackson-Maury Celebration in Harrisonburg, the Highland County Maple Festival, New Market Battlefield Home School Day, the First Kernstown Programs at Rose Hill, the 10th Virginia Encampment at the Heritage Museum, Stonewall Jackson’s Grand Encampment in Elkton, the McDowell Reenactment, the New Market Reenactment, Luray Cavern’s Evening with Stonewall Jackson, Harrisonburg’s Court and Market Days, Grand Caverns Heritage Day, the Wine and Jazz Festival and Blues and brews Festivals in Staunton, the Middlebrook Barn Tour in Augusta County, the Rockingham County Fair, the Luray Caverns Reenactment, Belle Grove’s Civil War Commemoration weekend, the Mt. Jackson Harvest Festival, and Belle Grove’s Wine Festival. 9

Funding the Foundation’s Work Providing critical funding for the foundation’s work -- and exceeding expectations in 2012 The District’s Management Plan outlines a substantial body of projects and programs for the Battlefields Foundation to accomplish and foster. None of this, however, would be possible without a substantial investment of public and private funding from a variety of sources.

The Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation is undergoing significant changes in its financial structure and sources of funds. These changes are being driven primarily by federal expenditure reductions that are already impacting the Foundation and are expected to continue to do so. In the 1996 enabling legislation for the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District, the following annual funding was authorized: Land Acquisition $2,000,000 Assistance (battlefield maintenance and interpretaton, educational programs, acquiring lands or $2,000,000 interests in lands, capital projects and improvements, and facilitating public access; must be matched one-to-one with non-federal funds) Management (SVBF) $500,000

Neither the Land Acquisition nor the Assistance funding has ever been included in the Administration’s proposed budget. Nonetheless, Congress has appropriated some Land Acquisition funding for the National Historic District in eight of the last eleven years. However, none of the Assistance funding has ever been received. The Management funding has been received regularly since 2001. It is submitted to Congress in the Administration’s budget by the National Park Service through the National Heritage Areas program. In 2012, the Management funds provided by Congress were $447,000. However, even that allocation can no longer support the costs of operating the Foundation and maintaining, interpreting, and promoting the National Historic Management and Programs Operations-2011 District. Income Early in 2010, the Foundation set a five- Federal Appropriation $ 447,000 year goal of inverting the 65-35% ratio of Grants 582,588 Private Contributions 92,197 Government-Private operations funding Program Income 43,534 in previous years to 30-70% Government- Interest Income 1,470 Private funding by FY2015. Due to the potential curtailment of federal funding, Total Income $ 1,166,789

this schedule must be accelerated. As a Expenditures result, the Foundation has reorganized Administration and Technical Assistance $ 514,345 its staff and refocused its resources on Program Expenses generating private funding. In 2011, this Battlefield Preservation (non-land expenses) 156,124 ratio had improved to 55-45% with a VP + FH Trail Project 295,861 further improvement projected for 2012. Property Management 57,946 Interpretation / Education / Visitor Experience 8,135 Funding for Land Acquisition is not Tourism Marketing 71,276 expected in 2012; however, partner Grants to Partners (outstanding) 16,731 participation has been significant and Development 37,866 private support has been increasing Total Expenditures $ 1,158,284 since 2009. While private support is not expected to be adequate to finance land Balance - Income over Expenses $ 8,505 protection costs, the Foundation ended 2011 with roughly $1 million in federal Battlefield Protection-2011 funds to match with partner funds to Beginning Balance $ 1,294,949 continue to protect battlefield property into 2012. In addition, several major Lands Funds Received American Battlefield Protection Program Grants 73,938 landowners have expressed interest in VDOT 12,000 donating easements on their battlefield CWT 73,938 land. Individual Donations 16,011 Finally, the Foundation has several Total Lands Funds Received $ 175,887 projects that were announced to the public in 2011 which involved property Lands Funds Used (including transaction expenses) $ 473,732 restoration and interpretation. In addition, Ending Balance $ 997,104 work continues on the Valley Pike + Note: The Management and Programs report reflects accrual method accounting and is Fisher’s Hill trail project launched in 2010. unaudited. The Battlefield Preservation report reflects a cash flow basis of accounting. The year stated is the fiscal year October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2011. 11 10th Virginia Reenactors - Alliance of National Heritage Areas - APVA-Preservation Virginia - Augusta County Historical Society - Belle Grove Plantation - Bridgewater College - Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park - Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation - Central Shenandoah Planning District Commission - Civil War Preservation Trust - Col. D.H. Lee Martz Camp, SCV - Cross Keys-Goods Mill Historical Society - Cross Keys-Mill Creek Ruritan Club - Elkton Historical Society - Fort Collier Civil War Center - Frederick County - Frederick County Farm Bureau - Frederick County Historic Resources Advisory Board - Friends of the North Fork of the - Front Royal Tourism - George Washington & Jefferson Nat’l Forests - Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance - Harrisonburg Tourism - Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce - Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society - Highland County - Highland County Chamber of Commerce - Highland Historical Society - James Madison University - Kernstown Battlefield Association - Lord Fairfax Community College - Luray-Page Chamber of Commerce - Museum of the Shenandoah Valley - National Forest Service - National Park Service - National Parks Conservation Association - National Trust for Historic Preservation - Natural Resources Our Partners Conservation Service - New Market Battlefield State Historical Park - Newtown History Center/ Stone House Foundation - Northern Shenandoah Valley Regional Commission - Northern Shenandoah Valley Travel Council - Old Court House Civil War Museum - Preservation of Historic Winchester - Rockingham County - Scenic 340 Project - Shenandoah County - Shenandoah County Historical Society - Shenandoah County Parks & Recreation Department - Shenandoah County Tourism - History & Tourism Center - Shenandoah Valley Civil War Round Table - Shenandoah Valley Network - Shenandoah Valley Travel Association - Society of Port Republic Preservationists - Staunton Convention & Visitors Bureau - Stonewall Jackson Museum at Hupp’s Hill - Strasburg Heritage Association - Strasburg Museum - The Center for Civil War Living History, Inc. - The Opequon Watershed, Inc. - Town of Front Royal - Turner Ashby Chapter, UDC - Valley Brethren- Mennonite Heritage Center - Valley Conservation Council - Virginia Civil War Trails - Virginia Department of Conservation & Recreation - Virginia Department of Historic Resources - Virginia Land Conservation Foundation - Virginia Military Institute - Virginia Outdoors Foundation - Virginia Tourism Corporation - Warren County - Warren Heritage Society - Warren Rifles Confederate Museum - City of Waynesboro - City of Winchester - Winchester Department of Parks and Recreation - Winchester Green Circle/Shawnee Springs - Winchester Old Town Development Board - Winchester-Frederick County Convention & Visitors Bureau - Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society

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