Ohio Civil War Battlefield in
Danger
Submitted by GFS Maria@aol.com
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 soldiers 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:
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.
