SusiCP

Saw this in the Sidney Ohio newspaper and thought it worth mentioning.

Sorry it is so long but please read it in its entirety:

Ohio’s only Civil War battlefield (and only one of three on Northern soil) is about to be destroyed at the hands of a sand and gravel company. Buffington Island Battlefield is largely owned by the Shelley Materials of Thornville, Ohio, and company has filed and received permits to operate a gravel pit on the battlefield because Ohio has no historic preservation laws. The battle saved the North from further invasions when 8000 Union soldiers stopped 2200 Confederate raiders after doing huge damage across Ohio. It is the only battlefield where two future presidents - Hayes & McKinley—participated. Between 54 and 105 US soldiers are buried in an unmarked, unlocated grave on the battlefield. Despite the fact that technology exists to locate these veterans, neither the gravel company nor the state of Ohio will do so.  Currently, Ohio law does not recognize human remains after 125 years of burial, so these soliders do not count in the eyes of the state.  If more info is needed contact John Rawdon, 3471 Ellen Drive, Akron, Ohio or Margaret Parker, president, Meigs County Pioneer & Historical Society, PO Box 145, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769.

Email addresses:

meigscountyhistoricalsociety@dragonbbs.com

kdashley2@hotmail.com (Keith Ashley)

Please visit the petition to save the battlefield at

http://www.petitiononline.com/Buff/petition.html - no longer an active link

{{Susi}} Thanks

 TUBES14

I'll leave this up for awhile.

Hello, My name is John , and Im a 30 year + resident of Ohio. This email is in regards to Buffington Island, Ohio.

Buffington Island is Ohio’s only civil war battlefield, and it is in grave danger of being destroyed. A gravel company owns 500 acres of the battlefield, in which some of the heaviest fighting of the day was done. 60+ men , from both sides are said to be buried there, no markers were ever set for them and only a handful of the men are named.

I have worked for over a year to prepare a report to distribute to the people on this battlefield and the men involved. Included in the report are online links to rosters for as many units as I could find . Im hoping that someone may find a relative that may be buried at Buffington Island. Until a bit ago, I could only email out the report, which is 2.5 megs (78 pages). I have been graced by a friend with the same feelings for this subject as I do.He has put my report together on a website, which , I can only say was a God send.  I invite you to visit our website, it has all the same links and articles as my report. It will explain the battle, the commanders, where its situated, and of course the links to the units involved.

There is a petition there that I respectfully ask you to sign, if you share the same feelings as I , on this issue.  If you know others that  might take interest in this issue , please forward this to them.

Below you will find 2 links, one will take you to my original petition, the other will take you to the website, which also has a petition, where you can read about Buffington Island. I must say that this is of an urgent matter, as the gravel company is pushing to be allowed to begin their mining.

I have other material on this battle if you are interested, email me.

Thank You for Your Time

John A. Rawdon

Sign the Petition to Save Buffington Island

http://www.petitiononline.com/Buff/petition.html - no longer an active link

VISIT THE SAVING BUFFINGTON ISLAND WEBSITE

https://meigsindypress.com/2020/07/06/memorial-program-set-for-battle-of-buffington-island/

{{Tom}} thanks for the heads up.